Temperance fountain
Drinking fountain set up to encourage abstinence from alcohol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A temperance fountain was a fountain that was set up, usually by a private benefactor, to encourage temperance, and to make abstinence from beer possible by the provision of clean, safe, and free water. Beer was the main alternative to water, and generally safer. The temperance societies had no real alternative as tea and coffee were too expensive, so drinking fountains were very attractive.
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