Erection date: 1892
{Engraved in the north end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton 1892
W1, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Place and Temple Avenue. It was moved here in 1985 as a memorial to the horses killed by the bomb.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
{Plaque on the south end:} This trough was donated to the City of London in 1...
{On a ground level plaque:} 1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association to mark its 80t...
The close-up picture depicts the top section of this classically-inspired monument, which shows marked similarities to the Soane tomb, sh...
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
PMSA gives "The tragedy had a great impact on the area and the funerals of the victims were attended by massed crowds. A fund was set up ...
The lettering is incised and painted black - very effective.
