ALUMINUM BALL VALVES

Another from my trip to see the records, this is an interesting trough dedicated to the horses that died or were wounded in the colonial wars in South Africa, shockingly numbering six hundred thousand, and this seems a very reasonable estimate.

The young lad with his tin cup seems very pleased to be able to drink safely from this, at the time, innovation in the town.

Full text:
Winchester ?? June? 1905
Description: 1b (model type) Trough
Material: grey Granite
Erected by: Local Engineer
Site: Jewry St near Corn Exchange
No. 1684
District: City of Winchester
Water Company: do
Supplied: do
Remarks: Presented by (deleted, can't recall what it said, though many troughs of this nature were donations from the local SPCA - Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals).

As I recall, this trough was the cause of some questions within the association as the inscription was seen as problematic - the benevolent Association membership did not wish to be associated with military actions etc; another request for a trough to be used by 'War Horses' in Finland was turned down. As a 'non-combat' memorial installation however, this one was eventually accepted.

George Brough made approximately 85 cars named Brough Superior. Built between 1935 and 1939, they were powered by Hudson engines and had Hudson chassis. Three models were made, but only two reached production. Early cars did not carry Brough Superior badges as Brough thought the cars sufficiently distinctive in themselves.
The first car was the 4 litre made from 1935 to 1936 using a 114 bhp (85 kW), 4168 cc side valve, straight-8 engine. Performance was remarkable for the time with a top speed of 90 mph (140 km/h) and a 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time of 10 seconds. The drop head coachwork was by Atcherley of Birmingham.
Hudson stopped supplying the 8-cylinder engine in 1936, and subsequent cars had a 107 bhp (80 kW), 3455 cc straight-6, still with side valves and called the 3.5 litre. A Centric supercharged version was also listed with a claimed output of 140 bhp (100 kW). The chassis was 4 inches (100 mm) shorter than the 4 litre at 116 inches. Saloon bodies were available but most were open cars. Approximately 80 were made between 1936 and 1939.