In memory of William, Esther & Anne du Bois
The text is inscribed into the main body of the fountain but can really only be read with the fingers.
As is common nowadays, the fountain is dry.
N19, Waterlow Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
du Bois fountain
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...
Unusually the dedication is on the side and the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association credit is squeezed onto the ...
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
Press the button and the water spouts from behind the lower lily leaf. It works!
No attractive detail to show so we've taken the opportunity to show the metal door that most fountains of this date have, presumably givi...
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