It's surprising how few Port Elizabethans know that the Prince Alfred Guard Memorial in St Georges Park stands on top of one of the city's oldest reservoirs. The 2 million gallon reservoir was completed between 1906 and 1907 at a cost of £15 525 back in the day. This memorial actually forms the central ornamental feature of the Service Reservoir. On each side of the memorial is a lion's head and it turns out that these were fountains with jets of water coming from their mouths.
A bold, impressive sculpture. That's quite a large resaervoir right in the city area.
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