Figure 1--Here we see children playing in Liverpool Steble Fountain during the 1960s. Itisacross from Wellington's Column and near Prince's Park. Notice that there is no water in the fountain.

The Steble Fountain is located in the center of Liverpool on William Brown Street. , Liverpool, England, to the west of Wellington's Column. It was donated to the city by a former mayor to fill a vacant plot just to the west of the Wellington column. Likemany British cities, Livrrpool is cash strapped. Thus during the 2010s and 2020s the fountain was not functioning. They fired a manager who restricted the bathroms to customers. The city had trouble funding the column. There wa even less interest in a foutain. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Fell Steble offered £1000 for a founatin. Steble had been Mayor of Liverpool (1845-47). The fountain was designed by Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard and was unveiled (1879). The casting from which the fountain was derived had originally been designed for the Paris Exposition (1867) has been reused with subtle variations many times, includuing Brewer Fountain in Boston and the Tournoy fountain in Quebec City. Water pressure from the beginning was a fountain. The fountain was restored when the Tall Ships' Race was sponsoredby (1992). Liverpool was a major port. There are marine gods at each corner (Neptune, Amphitrite, Acis, and Galatea). Overflow outlets. All of this is surmounted by a mermaid holding a cornucopia.