Can be found in Winchester, Virginia, USA. I have no idea why it exists; most of these things have plaques or something denoting who constructed it and why, but apparently whoever brought this object into existence (sometime in the 1970s probably, because the hideousness, the colors, the tiny square tiles set in a random pattern, all scream “the No-Taste Decade”) was too ashamed to do so. It is a mystery.
I did way more googling about this thing and the only vague hint I found was to wonder if the disks are mill stones used to grind grain.
There were quite a few pictures of it in Flickr..
I was thinking truck tires only the pattern on the flat part didn’t make sense.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/uploads/content/LoudounStreet.pdf
Looks like they are going to rip it all up in a little bit. The reference to a ‘nearly 40 year history’ shows you have the fountain dated pretty well.
From the plans, I can’t tell if they are ripping up the fountain or adding four more in that area. At least you have the new ice rink to look forward to!
I can’t really tell if the fountain’s in the line of fire. I hope they leave the trees alone; the trees there are nice. Re the ice skating rink: I wonder how they plan to keep the ice frozen if it’s outside. Actual days that stay below freezing here in winter aren’t all that common, though Winchester is 100 miles or so further north from where I live.
It looks like a Fred Flintstone fountain! Straight out of Bedrock.