Bermuda: Anchor Fountain - Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys Parish, Bermuda

Anchor Fountain

Royal Naval Dockyard

Sandys Parish

Bermuda

N 32° 19.506 W 064° 50.086

Short Description: 

The Anchor Fountain is located between the clock towers of the Naval Dockyard Building which is now the Clock Tower Mall at the west end of Bermuda in Sandys Parish.

Long Description:

Three huge anchors are painted black and arranged in a triangular pyramid. A hemisphere spray of water is emitted from the center of the anchors and flows through channels between the anchors to a circular basin below.

The oval plaque on the mall side of the fountain is inscribed:

MINISTRY OF WORKS

0069

ENGINEERING AND HOUSING

The Anchor Fountain is the focal point of the area and is a magnet for many cruise ship passengers to have their photograph taken upon disembarking in Kings Wharf.