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A temperance fountain was a fountain that was set up, usually by a private benefactor, to encourage temperance, and to make abstinence from beer possible by the provision of clean, safe, and free wate
One of many "Benson Bubblers" in downtown Portland
Boston Common, ca. 1890
Destruction of Cogswell's fountain in San Francisco, 1894; San Francisco Call
Tompkins Square Park, New York City
The Temperance Fountain is a fountain and statue located in Washington, D.C., donated to the city in 1882 by Henry D. Cogswell, a dentist from San Francisco, California, who was a crusader in the temp
Temperance fountain
…Charity who empties her jug of water, aided by a child; it was donated by Daniel Willis James and sculpted by Adolf Donndorf. In Washington DC "the" Temperance Fountain was donated to the city in 1882 by Temperance crusader Henry D. Cogswell. This fountain was one of a series of fountains he designed and commissioned…
Temperance Monument
Inscription
Sculpture of two dolphins inside the enclosure
Great Blue Heron atop the fountain