Dumfries schoolchildren are to go behind the scenes to see how the restoration work on the town’s historic fountain is shaping up.
Estimated to cost more than £460,000 over two phases with funding coming from a number of sources, restoration work on the deteriorating and non-working historic grade-B listed fountain on Dumfries High Street got under way in October.
The 140-year-old landmark – officially called The Sun Foundry Fountain – was moved in December so that excavation works to create a tank for a new water treatment and pumping system could begin, with Industrial Heritage Consulting Limited the lead consultant on the renovation and construction works.
The combined cascade and spray fountain, with more than 100 cast iron parts, headed south to be restored by experts, Wigan-based Lost Art Ltd, and will be brought back to be reassembled on site for this spring.
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