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  • Photographed by John Thomas.
The village pump, Aberdyfi, c. 1885
  • The stone drinking fountain was unveiled in 1895 by its donor Sir Alfred Thomas, MP for East Glamorgan, (later Lord Pontypridd). It was designed to provide fresh drinking water to passers-by and animals. The relief inscriptions on the undersides of the projecting bowls read as follows: DUW A DIGON / HEB DDUW HEB DDIM (God is Everything Without God Without Anything).
Drinking fountain, Taff Street, Pontypridd, c. 1890-1910
  • Penuel Chapel was built in 1860. The stone drinking fountain was unveiled in 1895 by its donor Sir Alfred Thomas, MP for East Glamorgan, (later Lord Pontypridd). It was designed to provide fresh drinking water to passers-by and animals. The relief inscriptions on the undersides of the projecting bowls read as follows: DUW A DIGON / HEB DDUW HEB DDIM (God is Everything Without God Without Anything).
Penuel Chapel and drinking fountain, Pontypridd, c. 1910
The Fountain, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Drinking fountain in canal wall near Mill Lane corner, Cardiff, c. 1900s