…Continued from Sacajawea & Jean-Baptiste.
Chiming Fountain on February 27, 2010
The Washington Park Fountain was commissioned by the city in 1891. It is also known as the Chiming Fountain for the sound made by the water flowing from the upper bronze pan into the lower one.
Chiming Fountain on February 27, 2010
The cast iron Renaissance-style fountain was designed and built by John Hans Staehli, who had a shop at 64 Second Street.
Chiming Fountain on February 15, 2010
The fountain was originally painted white and topped with a cast iron stature of a boy holding a staff that spouted water. The figure later disappeared and was last photographed in 1912.
Chiming Fountain on February 15, 2010
By 1960 the fountain had deteriorated to the point that the city was ready to scrap it, but local longshoreman Francis J. Murnane appealed to Mayor Terry Schrunk to save it.
Chiming Fountain on February 15, 2010
The park bureau restored the fountain for a total cost of $1,772.
Chiming Fountain on February 15, 2010
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