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Rondebosch Fountain
- ... that Rondebosch Fountain, a cast iron water trough for horses and one of the first electric street lights in South Africa, is being rebuilt in aluminium after the original was destroyed in a traffic accident in 2015? Source: "It was destroyed after a speeding car drove into it during the early hours of the morning three years ago. ... Cape Town-based foundry Heritage Castings has been responsible for the project, creating a replica of the original fountain patterns and structure. ... The fountain, which was manufactured in England, was also the first electric lamp post in South Africa... an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in the form of horses hooves" [1]
Created/expanded by Zaian (talk). Self-nominated at 11:16, 28 December 2018 (UTC).