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Title:
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Adelaide Glenelg drinking fountain |
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Listing:
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Street:
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Partridge House Glenelg | |
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Town:
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Adelaide South Australia | |
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Manufacturer:
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Walter Macfarlane & Co | |
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Foundry:
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Saracen Foundry Glasgow | |
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Condition:
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good | |
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Material:
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cast iron | |
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Date installed:
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1877 | |
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Pattern ref:
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8 | |
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Historical notes:
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drinking fountain 'presented by Wm Townsend Esg M.P. 1877' ... originally sited at Colley Reserve in Glenelg & 'recently'? moved to Partridge House community centre ... gas light reported to have been removed (but now replaced), & fountain likewise! ... original design said to have had kangaroo instead of heron on font (c.f. Melbourne) ... info www.samemory.sa.gov.au ... note J Bolton 01.2010 |
