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Post date: 07/08/2012
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It's in the main road on the corner of Riverside mall on the Cnr Belmont and Main Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town. Its located next to the PNA stationary store.
It's in the main road on the corner of Riverside mall on the Cnr Belmont and Main Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town. Its located next to the PNA stationary store.
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History: On a traffic island where Belmont Road meets the main road in the centre of Rondebosch stands one of the best-known landmarks in that suburb. It is known as “The Fountain”, but it is actually an ornamental trough for watering horses. It consists of a round cast-iron drinking trough supported on legs in the form of horses’ hoofs. A post with a lantern at the top rises from the centre of the trough.
The trough is a typical piece of Victorian ironmongery, made by Walter MacFarlane & Company, Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. It was presented in 1891 by George Pigot Moodie, one of the most colourful and at the
time probably also one of the wealthiest inhabitants ‘of Rondebosch. He was the second son of the well-known Donald Moodie, the first Colonial Secretary of Natal and compiler of. the collection of documents known as The Record. George Moodie became a land surveyor and was the Surveyor-General of the Transvaal from 1881 to 1884. For his share in the survey of the railway line from Pretoria to Lourenço Marques he was granted a tract of land on which gold was discovered and the town of Barberton sited. Moodie played an important part in the development of these goldfields. He eventually went to live at Rondebosch where he acquired a portion of the historic farm Groote Schuur. The portion he owned was at first known as De Onder Schuur, but was later named Westbrooke and became a second residence of the State President. Moodie died there on 2nd November, 1891, only five weeks after he donated the “Fountain”.
Proclaimed 1964"
Visual Description: It's Victorian era fountain with mosaic grass decorating a lamp at the top. The lower half is a vase to hold water but currently holds soil for flowers.
Original position: The original cast iron fountain was destroyed in August 2015 when a speeding car smashed into it, and some of the pieces were stolen, the fountain was rebuilt in aluminum and was installed in September 2020. It is rebuild in the same location.
Inscriptions: /Presented by G.Pigot Moodie of Westbrooke, 26 September 1891/
Environmental Context: Its in public space next the mall.
Site Features: The historical cast iron Fountain with metal pedestal.
Date Unveiled: Saturday, September 26, 1891
Unveiled Comment: G.Pigot Moodie
Access Details: It's accessible to the public.
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Construction Date: 1891
Materials: Aluminium, Metals
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