Newport-on-Tay Drinking Fountain

A bright sunny day.

We went over to Newport for lunch. I really like this Drinking Fountain (I have blipped it before) - the colours are great and the view over to Dundee is magnificent.

You probably know that Dundee was once the jute capital of the world. Apparently, a Mrs. Blyth Martin, a member of a prominent Dundee jute family, donated the fountain in 1882 to the town of Newport-on-Tay with the intention of providing clean drinking water to the citizens. It is situated on Tay Street looking across the River Tay to Dundee.

The fountain was listed a category B historic building in 2002. Restoration of the fountain was undertaken in 2012. The discovery of rust shortly thereafter revealed that the surface had not been adequately prepared and corrective measures were taken in 2013.