A full restoration is planned for the 139-year-old water feature in a south of Scotland town centre.
A full restoration is being planned of a 139-year-old fountain in a south of Scotland town centre.
The landmark was originally unveiled in 1851 to commemorate the piping of clean water from nearby Lochfoot into the town following cholera epidemics in the 1830s and 1840s. Now Dumfries and Galloway Council, in collaboration with The Stove Network and Dumfries Partnership Action Group, wants to bring it back to full working condition.
Initial inspections have found the fountain to be structurally sound but in need of "deep maintenance and repairs".
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