Britain's first drinking fountains - gifts of a Liverpool merchant
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The first free drinking fountains in Britain were installed in Liverpool in the 1850s by Anglo-Swiss cotton merchant Charles Pierre Melly. Soon other cities, including London, were following his lead. Between 1750 and 1900 the population of Great Britain increased four and half times from 9 million to 41 million.
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