I have vague recollections of a drinking fountain in princes park (could have been seffie) it was built into a wall and was a lions head with a small water spout out of its mouth you had to push a button to turn the water on to drink
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I have vague recollections of a drinking fountain in princes park (could have been seffie) it was built into a wall and was a lions head with a small water spout out of its mouth you had to push a button to turn the water on to drink
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Yes... I remember that too... _ or I might have been thinking of the more ornate one linked below...
I'm voting for Seffie Park though, since we rarely visited Princes Park.
I think it's the "Gothic Fountain" shown on page 3 here...
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-116408.pdf
There is a fountain at Liverpool 1 which marks the boundary wall of the first dock. It is named in commemoration of William Hutchinson and Rob Ainsworth did a good piece on him/it in the historical societies handbook last year. See more here: http://quazen.com/reference/biograph...dlian-of-1797/
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There certainly was a fountain in Princes Park in the '80s and it didn't last long. This was a public display one, not a drinking fountain, being a 20-30 foot jet of water projected upwards from the middle of the lake. I believe it was removed after an accident involving a young boy - one of the first examples of over-zealous Health & Safety actions? I do know that anglers ( for oxygenation reasons) and some members of the Friends Of Princes Park are in favour of re-installing it.
Much earlier (anyone know when or when it stopped working?) there was a drinking fountain built into the Yates Obelisk near the main gates of Princes Park.
Last edited by empeebee; 02-16-2010 at 12:30 AM. Reason: adding further info
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