Dotted around the city, it takes a keen eye to spot these cattle troughs disguised amongst the bustling traffic. Nowadays they’re mainly used as flower beds but the history of them takes them back to 1859 when MP Samuel Gurney and barrister Edward Wakefield established the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Initially they were designed to be just a drinking fountain, although the name of the association changed in 1867 to support animal welfare.
Sources:
http://www.findafountain.org/
http://www.drinkingfountains.org/
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