Water fountain/ Ram pump - June 2010

[Mole Man]

Just a short one this, not much information on it this is all I could find out:

A unique piece of Victorian ironwork in the shape of a water fountain at the southern end of the village, (Selborne) in the form of a lion's head and is flanked by windmills, and the water flows from the mouth of the lion into a trough, a nearby door is inscribed with "This water supply was given to Selborne by voluntary subscriptions in memory of Gilbert White 1894'. Behind the door is a ram pump worked by hydraulics which pumped the water to stand pipes in the village until the village was supplied with piped water in 1934.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Dirus_Strictus]

This water trough is a mere nothing compared with the person it commemorates -

Gilbert White's 'A Natural History of Selborne' was the first proper book on natural history published. Gilbert White (1720-93) was perhaps the archetypal 18th century English clergyman-naturalist and The Natural History of Selborne is his truly lasting memorial, it being in continuous print ever since publication. Still as relevant today as it was in 1789 when the first edition appeared, there are now over 300 editions out there.