Northwest Harwinton in Northwest Hills Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Watering Trough & Fountain

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

1. Watering Trough & Fountain Marker

Inscription. Watering Trough & Fountain
Circa Early 1900s
Memorial by Catlin Family Descendants The carved stone drinking fountain and horse watering trough provided gravity-fed spring water during the early twentieth century, whenhorses and oxen pulled the heavy loads, people walked dusty roads to tend their affairs and students hiked by on their way to and from school.
Originally donated by Catlin family descendants to honor their ancestors and to benefit their fellow man, these monuments had been located at the top of "Meeting House Hill" near "Catlin Corners," where Harmony Hill and Locust Roads intersect Burlington Road.
The ever increasing volume of motor vehicle traffic throughout the decades had finally dictated that changes be made to improve the highway site lines throughout the immediate area where the spring-fed monuments had originally served.
They have been moved to this location for the safe keeping and viewing.
[ By Lloyd T. Shanley, Jr., Harwinton Historian – June 27, 2005 ]

Erected 2005 by Catlin Family Descendants.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

• Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is June 27, 1941.

Location. 41° 46.058′ N, 73° 4.337′ W. Marker is in Harwinton in Northwest Hills Region, Connecticut. It is in Northwest Harwinton. It is on Bentley Drive 0.1 miles south of Litchfield Road (Connecticut Route 118), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Harwinton CT 06791, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Berkshire Foothills

and in the Litchfield Hills.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Litchfield County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Liberty Tree Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Harwinton Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Harwinton (approx. 0.7 miles away); Forever Mourned • Forever Honored (approx. 2½ miles away); a different marker also named Forever Mourned • Forever Honored

Wooden Trough 1905 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

2. Wooden Trough 1905

There used to be a number of these in Harwinton. There was one on Terryville Road below the Bristol Reservoir, one in the Center at the start of North Road, one on Birge Park Road where the Iffland Gas Station is, one at the intersection of Hill and Litchfield Roads, one at the intersection of Litchfield Road and the Valley Road at East Litchfield and one in Campville. (detail from marker)

(approx. 3.2 miles away); Torrington Vietnam Monument (approx. 3.3 miles away); VFW 155mm Howitzer (approx. 3.3 miles away); Coe Memorial Park Center (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harwinton.

Detail From Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

3. Detail From Marker

This is the wood watering trough, which was on Burlington Road where the granite memorial trough was located, before being moved to its present location on Bentley Drive.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

4. Detail From Marker

Log-watering trough where the granite-watering trough was located. Catlin hat factory is in the background.

Granite Trough 1906 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

5. Granite Trough 1906

The granite-watering trough was located on Burlington Road west of Harmony Hill Road. At the right is a bubbler for thirsty people and at the left is a low concrete trough for oxen. The concrete trough is at the east side of Harwinton Heights Road across from the T.A. Hungerford Library.(detail from marker)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

6. Detail From Marker

Newman Hungerford watering his horse at trough on Burlington Road, west of Harmony Hill Road.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

7. Watering Trough & Fountain & Marker

Granite Watering Trough image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

8. Granite Watering Trough

[ inscription on the back ]
1715 Abijah Catlin 1778

Watering Trough image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

9. Watering Trough

Erected 1906
by
Newman Hungerford
as a
Memorial To His Ancestor
Abijah Catlin

Watering Fountain image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 8, 2010

10. Watering Fountain

1916
Erected In Memory Of
Caroline Catlin
Hungerford
Born In Harwinton 1815
Died 1900

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 2,243 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on April 14, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.