tarboat's photos with the keyword: fountain

In the nineteenth century it was a regular occurrence for statues, fountains and clocks to be erected by public subscription to commemorate particular events or people. The people tended to be rather better off than the poor devils who were expected to contribute to their glorification. This fountain in Heckmondwike gives double value as it is topped off with a clock! It commemorates the March 1863 wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. I presume that the faces carved in Yorkshire Stone are meant to represent the happy couple.

Burslem Park was opened in 1894. It contains a number of terracotta features including this drinking fountain donated by Councillor Bowden.

The Doulton Fountain in Glasgow is a terracotta masterpiece. Designed by Arthur Edward Pearce for Doulton to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, it became Doulton's main display piece for the 1888 International Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. It now stands at Glasgow Green close to the People's Palace. The sculpture of this partcular allegorical group representing Australia was modelled by Frederick W Pomeroy. Extensive restoration work on the fountain in recent times was undertaken by the craftsmen at Hathern Terra Cotta in Leicestershire.

As Kingston-upon-Hull was rapidly expanding in the second half of the nineteenth century one expression of municipal pride was the erection of a number of public fountains including a number in the middle of wide streets which comprised a cascade with several levels suported by herons above and mermaids with conch shells bvelow. Located in a ‘circus’ at the junction of Boulevard, Cholmley Street and Gordon Street this Avenue style fountain was constructed c.1871 and was described in Sheperdson’s Guide to Hull in 1875 as: - ‘about midway [of Boulevard] there is a large circular space with a colossal fountain in the centre’. It was very similar but not exactly the same, as the fountains along Prince's Avenue. All of the fountains were prone to traffic accidents it seems and the Boulevard fountain was no exception; on the 27th August 1924 the fountain was hit by a car and was removed soon after. As the regeneration and conservation of the Boulevard area has taken place in the past few years a campaign to have a new fountain in the Boulevard was successful and in 2008 a fine new - and working - fountain was erected. This was cast by Durham Foundry (Sheffield) Ltd, using ductile iron to allow welding of the various sections. I think it looks great.