Ross Fountain
The astonishing fountain that you are looking at is the Ross Fountain it is known as an ornate iron outdoor water fountain that originated from around the mid-19th Century it is an astonishing water fountain that is located at the west end of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. The figures that we see depicted on the fountain are frictional characters that include mermaids and it also has four females that symbolize science, the arts, poetry, and the industry. The final female figure was placed at the apex of this amazing fountain.
During the early 1860’s, the Ross Fountain was later on displayed at The Great Exhibition in London in 1862, at that time it was then seen by a philanthropist and at the same time a gun-maker Daniel Ross, after seeing this amazing fountain on display he then bought it for the City of Edinburgh. The fountain was transported all of its 122 pieces, it then arrived in Leith in the year 1869.
After arriving there, there was a great deliberation as to where would be the most appropriate location for the statue to be placed on, it was later on decided that it will be installed in the Princes Street Gardens in 1872. However, there was notable controversy in the installation of the fountain particularly with Edward Bannerman Ramsay, He was the Dean of the nearby St John's Episcopal Church, and he described the statute as "grossly indecent and disgusting". But none the less, the statue of the fountain remained there and continues to awe everyone who sees it until now.