This was a drinking fountain with a beautiful lion's head
and crest with the words "God Speed" - very apt considering many there would be going on a journey, as well as being part of Greenock's own motto.
There was also a letter box.
I wonder how many tear-stained last words were sent from here before
folk went off to different lives in far flung corners of the globe.
The Beacon itself was made at Rankin & Blackmore's Eagle
Foundry in Greenock (Baker Street).
This is a view of the Beacon with the magnificent Custom
House behind it. It must have been a
very welcome sight for people returning to Greenock to meet with old friends
and family.
The stories this could tell!
The Greenockian
