Burnside Fountain
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burnside-fountain-184-5333940
title:
Burnside Fountain
text:
The Burnside Fountain is a non-functioning drinking fountain at the southeast corner of Worcester Common in Worcester, Massachusetts. It consists of two parts, a pink granite basin, and a bronze statue of a young boy riding a sea turtle. The Burnside Fountain was commissioned in 1905 by the city of Worcester—the prior year, Harriet F. Burnside had bequeathed $5,000 to create a fountain to provide fresh water for horses and dogs in the memory of her father, a prominent lawyer. The basin was desig
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Drinking fountain with statue in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_Fountain
date created:
2008-06-05T13:07:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T10:10:39Z
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image:
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13
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