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词条 Rondebosch Fountain
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  1. Similar fountains

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}Rondebosch Fountain was an ornamental Victorian drinking trough for horses, built in 1891, and stood on a traffic island on the intersection between Belmont Road and Main Road in the centre of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. It was declared a National Monument on 10 April 1964.[1]

Originally known as the Moodie Fountain, it was made of cast iron and consisted of a circular drinking trough supported on horses' legs, with a central post topped with a hexagonal lantern. Four decorated brackets may have originally suspended cups for people to drink from the spouting water, while horses drank from the trough, and dogs from smaller basins at ground level.[2]

It was cast by Walter Macfarlane & Co. at the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, Scotland, and presented to the community by George Pigot Moodie in 1891.[1][2] The lantern was South Africa's first electric streetlight and was first turned on on 25 April 1892, initially powered by Moodie's private power plant until a municipal power plant on the Liesbeek River was completed.[3][4]

The original cast iron fountain was destroyed in August 2015 after a speeding car smashed into it, and some of the pieces were stolen.[5][6] The fountain is currently being rebuilt in aluminium[7] by local company Heritage Castings.[8][9][10][11]

Similar fountains

The Fountain was listed as Water Trough number 27 in the Macfarlane's Castings Catalogue, Sixth edition, vol. 2.[12]

Two similar fountains manufactured at Saracen Foundry to the same design exist in South Africa: one in the neighbouring suburb of Rosebank,[13] but without the horses' legs, and one in Cradock in the Eastern Cape, now without the original hexagonal lantern.[14][15] A cast iron fountain with a similar but simpler design stands in Jubilee Square, Simon's Town.

Other fountains to the same design include the Adye Douglas Water Trough in Australia,[16] the Racedo Fountain in Argentina on Boulevard Racedo in front of the railway station in Paraná, Entre Ríos,[17] and the Coronation Fountain in Loanhead, Scotland, dismantled in 1933.[18]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/921110036|publisher=SAHRA|title=Rondebosch Fountain|access-date=22 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1950|publisher=S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science|title=Moodie, Mr George Pigot|first=C|last=Plug|accessdate=28 December 2018}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://heritage.eskom.co.za/electricity_in_south_africa.htm|title=Eskom Heritage: First Central Power Station – 1891|last=|first=|date=|website=Eskom|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=21 December 2018}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southernsuburbstatler.co.za/news/hope-for-landmark-rondebosch-fountain-5152028|title=Hope for landmark Rondebosch fountain|last=Harvey|first=John|date=2016-04-28|website=Southern Suburbs Tatler|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-24}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Peoples-Post/History-smashed-into-pieces-20150824-3|title=History smashed into pieces|first=Tiyese|last=Jeranji|date=25 August 2015|publisher=People's Post}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.traveller24.com/News/can-you-help-solve-the-restoration-mystery-of-sas-first-electric-lamp-post-20160830|title=Can you help solve the restoration mystery of SA's first electric lamp post?|date=30 August 2016|publisher=People's Post}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.seeff.com/news/replication-of-the-rondebosch-fountain/|title=Replication of the Rondebosch Fountain|publisher=Seeff|date=21 September 2018}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://castingssa.com/project-to-reproduce-landmark-rondebosch-fountain-almost-complete/|title=Project to reproduce landmark Rondebosch fountain almost complete|publisher=Castings SA|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/316692/in-pics-project-to-reproduce-landmark-rondebosch-fountain-almost-complete|title=Project to reproduce landmark Rondebosch fountain almost complete|date=24 August 2018|publisher=CapeTalk}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagefoundry.co.za/|accessdate=22 December 2018|title=Heritage Castings}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.southernsuburbstatler.co.za/news/hope-for-fountain-19695711|title=Hope for fountain|first=Wesley|last=Ford|date=7 March 2019|publisher=Southern Suburbs Tatler}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hspubs/docs/macfarlane_s_castings_volume_2|title=MacFarlane's Castings Vol 2 |publisher=Walter Macfarlane & Co|accessdate=28 December 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.southernsuburbstatler.co.za/news/fountain-of-worries-14657883|title=Fountain of worries|first=Tauriq|last=Hassen|date=26 April 2018|publisher=Southern Suburbs Tatler}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=13480|title=Memorial Drinking Fountain, Cradock, Eastern Cape|first=William|last=Martinson|date=August 2016|publisher=Artefacts.co.za|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/coronation-fountain-2/|title=Coronation Fountain|publisher=Memorial Drinking Fountains}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowengineering.com.au/history/adye-douglas-water-trough|title=Adye Douglas Water Trough|publisher=Glasgow Engineering|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
17. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.com/tag/entre-rios/|date=3 December 2014|title=Racedo Fountain|publisher=Memorial Drinking Fountains}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.com/tag/loanhead/|title=Fountains, Distant Twins & Cousins|publisher=Memorial Drinking Fountains|date=15 February 2014}}
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