Here in Hamilton Ontario we had a distinct variation on the &quot;hygenic fountain&quot;, the Shorty Green (named after a local NHL player 100 years ago).<p>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&#x27;t seem hygenic.  They were still around when I was a kid in the &#x27;80s, and I remember loving how freezing cold and voluminously-flowing the water was.