Watering Trough & Fountain

Watering Trough & Fountain (HMJV6)

Location: Harwinton, CT 06791 Litchfield County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 46.058', W 73° 4.337'

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Watering Trough & Fountain
Circa Early 1900s
Memorial by Catlin Family Descendants
The carved stone drinking fountain and horse watering trough provided gravity-fed spring water during the early twentieth century, whenhorses and oxen pulled the heavy loads, people walked dusty roads to tend their affairs and students hiked by on their way to and from school.
Originally donated by Catlin family descendants to honor their ancestors and to benefit their fellow man, these monuments had been located at the top of "Meeting House Hill" near "Catlin Corners," where Harmony Hill and Locust Roads intersect Burlington Road.
The ever increasing volume of motor vehicle traffic throughout the decades had finally dictated that changes be made to improve the highway site lines throughout the immediate area where the spring-fed monuments had originally served.
They have been moved to this location for the safe keeping and viewing.
[ By Lloyd T. Shanley, Jr., Harwinton Historian - June 27, 2005 ]
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HM NumberHMJV6
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Year Placed2005
Placed ByCatlin Family Descendants
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 12:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 660231 N 4625773
Decimal Degrees41.76763333, -73.07228333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 46.058', W 73° 4.337'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 46' 3.48" N, 73° 4' 20.22" W
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Area Code(s)860
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2-98 Bentley Dr, Harwinton CT 06791, US
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