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Title: Ferrier Fountain
Location: Town Hall, Kilmore Street
Setting: Set in the Avon River within the Town Hall complex, facing Victoria Square
Owner / administrator: Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch City Council
Category: Fountain
Foundry / fabricator: Ustigate Limited, United Kingdom
Installation date: 1972
The Ferrier Fountain was donated by Mr and Mrs C. J Ferrier who responded to Councillor Hay's televised hope that a citizen of Christchurch would endow the Avon River site of the Town Hall complex with a fountain. Although the Ferriers had already contributed to the Town Hall project, they sent a cheque for the amount of $ 20 000 with the condition that they would like to approve the name and design of the fountain.
Problems occurred and it looked like the fountain might not be in place for the opening of the Town Hall in 1972. Due to strike action in England the equipment for the fountain was stranded until Mr Ferrier arranged for it to be air freighted to New Zealand in time for it to be assembled and functioning for the ceremony.
Christchurch's Ferrier Fountain resembles the famous El Alemein fountain in Kings Cross, Sydney, and was manufactured by the same designers. It is a 'sphere de fleur' design which consists of three separate static water display fountains that are at different heights and diameters. There are two complete spheres and one hemisphere just above the water level in a triangular grouping. |
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