44. BUBBLERS: Cogswell’s Infamous Fountains

In the middle of downtown Pawtucket, there’s an old, no longer functioning drinking fountain that most people assume is just a statue. But it’s one of only a handful of remaining Temperance Fountains, donated to the city by a man who believed that the solution to drunkenness might just be a glass of fresh, cold water. To Visit: Corner of Roosevelt Ave and Main Street, Pawtucket RI | You can map to 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860Episode Source Material: Debunking the the bubbler mythHenry D. Cogswell - WikipediaBoston Daily Globe | September 27, 1893Temperance fountain - Wikipedia“God's Free Gift to Man and Beast” - Henry Cogswell's Temperance Fountains | Rhode TourDubuque Daily Herald | March 6, 1885Sandy Creek News | July 28, 1887Frederick Weekly News | May 29, 1884Brooklyn Daily Eagle | July 16, 1883Thompsonville Press | May 5, 1881Stafford Springs Press | October 8, 1885“All Benefactors of Man I Claim as My Brethren”: Henry D. Cogswell and his Fountains of Philanthropy | SPMCTompkins Square Park Monuments - Temperance FountainCogswell Memorial FountainTemperance Fountain: Nobody Knows How Dry It Was - Heyday DCJenks Park and Cogswell Tower , Adjoining £80 Broad Street to the north Providence Central .FallsPawtucket Walking TourShenipsit Lake - WikipediaTemperance Fountain – Washington, DC - Atlas ObscuraProhibition: A Case Study of Progressive Reform | Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 | US History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of CongressHistory of Drinking Water TreatmentWomen Led the Temperance Charge – Prohibition: An Interactive HistoryA Brief History of US Drinking - JSTOR DailyThe time when Americans drank all day long - BBC NewsAccess to Free Public Water Fountains Might Have the Temperance Movement to Thank13 Weird Moments In The History Of Water Fountains | HuffPost LifeNew York Times | June 11, 1859Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews