Mollymay

By mollymay49

Taylor Memorial Drinking Fountain, Fremantle

We drove to Fremantle today, we have seen this structure many times, today i googled this fountain a fascinating structure, named the Taylor Drinking Fountain for all creatures, this is the Heritage Council's description:
Taylor Memorial Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough, an elaborately designed monument of glazed stoneware construction combining a drinking fountain with water troughs for horses and small animals, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a unique and creative monument of glazed stoneware construction and elaborate design that combines a drinking fountain with water troughs for horses and small animals; the place is highly valued for its aesthetic qualities as an interesting and unique landmark in the City of Fremantle; the place has associations with shipowner John Taylor, who erected the structure in memory of his two sons, Ernest Baines Taylor and Peter Southern Taylor, who had both died in Western Australia; and, the place is the only known monumental structure in Western Australia to have been constructed by the well known English stoneware manufacturers, Doulton and Company.

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