Exchanger Fountain

Buster Simpson, 1993

Exchanger Fountain by Buster Simpson refers to the original East Anaheim boundary which was marked by willow trees whose appetite for water imperiled the colony’s water supply. The water runoff from the fountain falls into a tree well where a willow tree is planted. Water to the fountain is brought up along a spiraling copper pipe which is naturally cooled by the evaporation of the runoff water. Water runoff then falls into the tree well to nourish the tree. A willow post measuring 3″ in diameter was taken from Santa Ana River and planted. Today that post is a tree.