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has gloss | eng: The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was an association set up in London by Samuel Gurney an MP and philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister in 1859 to provide free drinking water. Originally called the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867, to also support animal welfare. |
lexicalization | eng: Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association |
instance of | (noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises fountain |
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media:img | Ad-Ed7-metfountaintrough.png |
media:img | Cattle Trough London Wall.jpg |
media:img | Fountain Kentish Town 1929 design.jpg |
media:img | Fountain Snow Hill Samuel Gurney..jpg |
media:img | Victoria park fountain 1.jpg |
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