Erection date: 1892
{Engraved in the north end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton 1892
W1, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Place and Temple Avenue. It was moved here in 1985 as a memorial to the horses killed by the bomb.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
{Plaque on the south end:} This trough was donated to the City of London in 1...
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The figure on top is St Paul, of course.
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