Drinking Fountain and Troughs 011 - Lewes Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

martletsman: Visited today and confirmed cache had gone.
The manner this was fixed make me think it is not missing by accident so I am archiving it.
Thanks to all who have visited.

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Hidden : 10/19/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Drinking
Fountain and Troughs - Lewes





This Lewes Horse Trough is normally filled with colourful flowers. I will post a new picture after it has been replanted.


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.

Water provision in the nineteenth century was from nine private water companies each with a geographic monopoly, which provided inadequate quantities of water which was often contaminated, as was famously discovered by John Snow during the 1854 cholera epidemic. Population growth in London had been very rapid (more than doubling between 1800 and 1850) without an increase in infrastructure investment. Legislation in the mid nineteenth century gradually improved the situation; the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers was formed, water filtration was made compulsory, and water intakes on the Thames were forced to be moved above the sewage outlets.

In this environment the public drinking fountain movement began, initially in Liverpool where the local government was granted the ability to buy out the private water companies in 1847. It built the first public baths and then encouraged philanthropic public drinking water fountains. This was taken up by Samuel Gurney.

The surviving cattle troughs are mainly large granite ones, in many cases planted with flowers. Earlier designs were of cast iron or zinc lined timber, but both were too easily damaged.





If any body would like to expand to this series please do so.
I would just ask that you could let Merstham Mafia know first so he can keep track of the cache numbers and names to avoid duplication





Please note there are parking charges, Monday to Saturday 0800 - 1800, in this area.

The cache is a magnetic 35mm film canister.

Muggles Beware of Muggles! Pencil Bring a pen or pencil
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Raq bs oevqtr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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