Fitzgerald fountain back in form

Tue, 01 June 2021

13:34

Pic: Sahil Salvi

The BMC Heritage Cell has reinstated the 157-year-old Fitzgerald fountain to its former glory. Located at the Vasudev Balwant Phadke Chowk near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai, this 45-feet high and 19-feet wide monument was erected in 1867 to mark the arrival of Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald, who served as Governor of Bombay from 1867 to 1872. It was later pulled down and placed at the lawns behind the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, where it was left in a state of neglect. The restoration process has taken three years.

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