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Title: Goodshaw Fold "Spewing Duck", Rawtenstall - RAC1962.112
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Title
Goodshaw Fold "Spewing Duck", Rawtenstall - RAC1962.112
Description
Copy of photograph taken in 1948.
Public well of spring water, dated 1855, replacing earlier well; restored.
Rectangular stone tank, restored rectangular stone reredos with carved head (replacing original "Celtic" head) issuing spring water through a pipe into a semi-circular bowl below, solid triangular lintel with inscription "ERECTED/BY/SUBSCRIPTION BY THE/INHABITANTS/and the/EXORS OF THE LATE/JOHN HARGREAVES ESQ A.D. 1855". History: derived its name from previous well which had a curved pipe like a duck's neck; "the water did not flow evenly but in fits and starts". (Reference: A. Peel Crawshawbooth and District, n.d.).
Information from Historic England
Public well of spring water, dated 1855, replacing earlier well; restored.
Rectangular stone tank, restored rectangular stone reredos with carved head (replacing original "Celtic" head) issuing spring water through a pipe into a semi-circular bowl below, solid triangular lintel with inscription "ERECTED/BY/SUBSCRIPTION BY THE/INHABITANTS/and the/EXORS OF THE LATE/JOHN HARGREAVES ESQ A.D. 1855". History: derived its name from previous well which had a curved pipe like a duck's neck; "the water did not flow evenly but in fits and starts". (Reference: A. Peel Crawshawbooth and District, n.d.).
Information from Historic England
Rights
PHDA - Ralph Cross Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
RAC1962.112.jpg
Collection
Citation
“Goodshaw Fold "Spewing Duck", Rawtenstall - RAC1962.112,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, https://www.penninehorizons.org/items/show/38689.
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