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Description: | Horses still attached to their hansom cabs and carts drink from a trough while their drivers wait for them.
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough had a convenient three-tier design. At the lowest level, cats and dogs could drink; the middle level was for horses; and the top at the side was for people to refresh themselves.
The drinking trough was removed shortly after the shot was taken. Horses on London streets were superseded by motor cars, so drinking troughs were no longer needed.
To the left is the site of Australia House with St Clement Danes and the Palace of Justice in the distance. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Environment Cityscape | Temporal: | 1906 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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