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67-31 Colerain Turnpike Watering Trough Marker -
67-31 Close up on sign -
67-31 Marker -
67-31 Marker and Old Colerain Road, looking east -
67-31 Marker and Old Colerain Road, looking west -
67-31 Marker and trough -
67-31 Stone showing poem -
67-31 Stone showing name of builder
- Title, side A
- Colerain Turnpike Watering Trough
- Text, side A
- This spring fed watering trough was erected by Giles Richards (1792-1876) in 1867 and has provided water to travelers and livestock ever since. Richards owned and operated a number of enterprises in Colerain Township starting in the early 1800s. Upon the marble slab just above the iron trough is engraved: Stranger and traveler Drink freely and bestow A kindly thought on him Who bade this fountain flow Yet hath no other claim Than as the minister Of blessings in God's name Drink and in peace go
- Sponsors
- Coleraine Historical Society, Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- Old Colerain Avenue
Colerain Township, OH 45252 - Location
- .2 miles South of intersection of Old Colerain Avenue and East Miami River Road
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.305168, Longitude: -84.634791.
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