Sujet

New drinking-fountain at Bowness, Windermere, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

New drinking-fountain at Bowness, Windermere, 1862. 'We present our readers with an Engraving of a peculiar drinking-fountain presented to the visitors and inhabitants of Bowness, Windermere, by Joseph Livesey, Esq., of Preston, who presented eight drinking-fountains to the town of Preston. It is situated in the much-frequented and beautiful promenade in front of Windermere Lake, and forms, in addition to its utility as a drinking-fountain, an ornament of no inconsiderable attraction. This is, we believe, the first fountain with any mechanical arrangement for raising the water from a low level, which is accomplished by means of a rotary pump, worked by the handle and small ornamental flywheel seen on the right-hand side. This arrangement, we imagine, might be carried out in many places where a drinking-fountain would be acceptable, but thought impracticable for want of a force or fall of water. The general design and arrangement are by James Livesey, Esq., engineer, of London and Manchester'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_375

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,4Mo (529,7Ko) / 11,0cm x 16,7cm / 1305 x 1974 (300dpi)

Mots clés

water technology arts fountain fountains art British color decoration decorative ornate Victorian century Britain first mechanical newspapers press HANDLE print concept decorated water fountain B&W engraved engraving drinking fountain drinking water Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century water pump The Print Collector crank handle Illustrated London News water amenities ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century