Saturday, March 5, 2011

Disused Drinking Fountain, Northcote.

Drinking Fountain, Northcote

A deco drinking fountain, non-operating, near the corner of St Georges Road and Merri Parade in Northcote.

Once it held a place of honour in the community and provided a function of drinking water for walkers and cyclists using the nearby Merri Creek Trail. Now it is unloved and unused.

A plaque on the other side reads

Erected by Citizens of Northcote
In Memory of
Cr Joseph Henry Green JP
Elected 27.6.1927 Mayor Year 1930-31
Died 22.9.1939

I wonder what those citizens and the late Cr Green's family would think of it now.

Posted by David Thompson
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10 comments:

  1. ToniMarch 5, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Oh, the poor little thing! It looks so lonely and lost. And it's beautiful. What a shame.

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  2. David ThompsonMarch 6, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    It could be a real asset to the area ... again.

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  3. Thomas RyanMarch 8, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    wow now that is an interesting piece of design. Love the functionalism of it, lets hope it's restored again - imagine how great it would be on a hot Melbourne summer day!

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  4. JayneMarch 9, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    You and I must have crossed paths, I was out there photographing it on Saturday lol.

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  5. David ThompsonMarch 9, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    Thomas, we've had a lot of humid weather this past summer in Melbourne which is unusual and I wouldn't want to upset the sceptics by mentioning Climate Change but I would have appreciated a cool drink on my travels.

    Jayne, maybe we did cross paths. I spend so much of my time looking up at buildings or across the road at buildings that I barely notice the people around me. So where can we see you pictures from Saturday?

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  6. David ThompsonMarch 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Jayne, I found your Merri Creek post on your Our Great Southern Land blog.

    http://ourgreatsouthernland.blogspot.com/2011/03/merri-creek-stroll-part-deaux.html

    Nice series of pics and you spent more time along the creek than I did ... I had to get back to the built environment to look for some more deco

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  7. plumbing suppliesMarch 18, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    The local government should fix this because it is useful to the people in that area. They should consider that everyone wants to quench thirst.

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  8. David ThompsonMarch 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Thanks for your comment.

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  9. teeritzJanuary 3, 2013 at 7:07 PM

    I drank from that tap when I was a kid. It was working back in the late 1970s. Very hand too, since the only options back then were the Merri Creek water (not recommended) or the Milk Bar on Charles Street around the corner, if you had money for a (glass) bottle of Coke or Fanta.

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    1. David ThompsonJanuary 3, 2013 at 8:07 PM

      Lovely to know that it was a well used feature. I can see why it was a popular option. Shame it isn't functional now.

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