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The information on the sign to the right in this photo says:

'This cast iron fountain was made by George Smith's Sun Foundry in Glasgow in the 1860s, one of a new generation of public drinking fountains designed to supply clean water as part of the war against water-borne diseases like cholera.

It is believed to have been purchased by Coventry Corporation and sited outside the church of St John the Baptist in the city centre around 1870, and was re-located to this site in 1921, shortly after the opening of the nearby War Memorial Park. It was in use until the 1970s.'