A search of our archives brings you this gallery of photographs through the years to remind you of the city’s iconic feature
The Goodwin Fountain was named after Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin, industrialist and philanthropist. He was chairman of the Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation.
What are your memories of the fountain?
![The Goodwin Fountain, Fargate, Sheffield, August 1965](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmViMmFmMDFmLTA1YTYtNGRlOS05NWM0LTgyZDFjYjQzOGY5ZDpkNDg1MGQwZi0zZjUyLTQxOTQtYTc1Ni1lMGI3M2UzYWZhMWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Aerial view
The Goodwin Fountain, Fargate, Sheffield, August 1965Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
![The Goodwin Fountain was named after Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin, industrialist and philanthropist, pictured here shortly after it was built in 1961](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRjYTAyY2YzLTU3MmMtNDljYi1hNjAwLTlmNDM3YzIxMTRlNjozZTI1MzZlMi1kYjlmLTRjZTgtOTRmOC01ZjZjNTUwNDM3ZjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. 1961
The Goodwin Fountain was named after Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin, industrialist and philanthropist, pictured here shortly after it was built in 1961Photo: Sheffield Archives
![The caption on the photo reads: "The lights of the new Goodwin Fountain etch out a delicate tracery of water jets after the offical switch on", 1961](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUzZmIwZWMyLTRkMGYtNDhhOC04YmFkLTg2NzhlYmE0MzE4OTpjMTBjNDVlNy02NGZiLTQ4MWItOTNhYS1kM2U4ODE0NmM0NTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Night scene
The caption on the photo reads: "The lights of the new Goodwin Fountain etch out a delicate tracery of water jets after the offical switch on", 1961Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
![Work of altering the Goodwin Fountain roundabout seems to be halted until the Christmas tree is removed, December 30, 1970](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVlMjYxMDExLWFjZjQtNDBhZS1hNTdmLTlkNTc3MjA1NDdmYzo5ZmU4MzkwZC1hNTBiLTRkNzUtOTZhOC1lZDJhYmQwZGFjNDk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Alterations
Work of altering the Goodwin Fountain roundabout seems to be halted until the Christmas tree is removed, December 30, 1970Photo: Sheffield Newspapers