Sewer Ventilation Column at Queen Mary's Avenue

Sewer ventilation column of around 1896-1903, located on the south-east side of the junction with Queen Mary’s Avenue and Stanley Park Road, constructed by W Macfarlane & Co for a sewerage scheme by Baldwin Latham.

MATERIALS: cast-iron structure formed of multiple components.

DETAILS: the sewer ventilation column is around 9m high with a pedestal, moulded base and enriched capital. It is constructed of two lengths of pipe, connected by a flanged joint. On top of the capital is an ornate arrow to orientate the vent into the wind or to indicate the line of the sewer. This in turn is surmounted a ball fitting with four circular vents, a filigree crown, and finial. The shaft is moulded with the heavily-overpainted maker’s name ‘W MACFARLANE & CO GLASGOW’.