Here in Hamilton Ontario we had a distinct variation on the "hygenic fountain", the Shorty Green (named after a local NHL player 100 years ago). It was a cup-s

Here in Hamilton Ontario we had a distinct variation on the "hygenic fountain", the Shorty Green (named after a local NHL player 100 years ago). It was a cup-sized continuously-overflowing cauldron that would flow into a surrounding catch-basin. I assume it was quite inefficient since it was always flowing, and didn't seem hygenic. They were still around when I was a kid in the '80s, and I remember loving how freezing cold and voluminously-flowing the water was.