Bills' Trough - Milton, NSW
S 35° 19.264 E 150° 25.852
56H E 266455 N 6088322
Bills and Annis Water Trough in Milton, NSW
Waymark Code: WMT65D
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/02/2016
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This trough is in the Milton Showground in Croobyar Street.
George Bills, and his wife Annis, were philanthropists and when he died in 1927 he directed some of his Estate be dedicated to constructing horse troughs throughout Britain and Australasia and also to donations to societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Initially, the troughs were individually made but later a standard design was adopted and Rocla Concrete provided the troughs. There are about 500 known troughs built in Australia mostly during the 1930s up until WWII when cars replaced horses for transport.
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