The A listed Saracen Fountain from 1901 was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson and the foundry was Walter Macfarlane & Co at their Saracen works in Possil. The 40 foot high / 38 foot basin cast-iron structure remains one of the most significant iron fountains in Europe. The 40 foot cast-iron Walter MacFarlane Saracen Fountain was gifted to the City after the 1901 International Exhibition and remained in Kelvingrove Park for 12 years after the exhibition. In 1914 Glasgow Corporation took the decision to re-site this magnificent piece of industrial architecture to its present location in the park.
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I admit that the fountain is not looking at its best now, but it is still a great structure and in its heyday it must have looked amazing.Â