Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain

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A stone font under a highly decorative Moorish style eight-columned metal filigree canopy, mounted on a simple plinth.
Title

Bailie James Martin Memorial Drinking Fountain

Date

1893

Medium

cast iron

Accession number

G40_GB_S002

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

26 May 1894

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on the front: IN / MEMORIAM / JAMES MARTIN / BORN 1815 DIED 1892 / COUNCILLOR AND MAGISTRATE / OF / GLASGOW / FOR TWENTY YEARS / ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS / 1893

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Located at

Arcadia Street, Glasgow

G40 1DQ

Located on a small lawn on the way to Glasgow Green.