The Fountain
| FOUNTAIN |
LOCATION |
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Solar Fountain |
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- Avenue of Europe, south
of Promenade
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| CONSULTANTS |
AREA |
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- Hamel and Langer
- 652 First Avenue
- New York 16, New York
- OR9-9140
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- Pool Basin 120 feet in
diameter
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| CONTRACTORS |
DESIGNERS |
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- Julius Auserehl &
Son-General
- Metropolitan Electric
Construction Company-Electrical
- J.L. Murphy-Mechanical
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- J. S. Hamel
- Gilmore D. Clarke
- Donald Oenslager
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Source: Operations
Manual - New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation
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| The central dome, 30 feet
in diameter, has colored-light ports illuminated from the interior,
and supports a column of water, 30 feet high, with 30 nozzles
on a 4 foot diameter circle. Above the central column, a star
burst 6 feet in diameter circles around the dome, wobbling jets
of water simulate the sun's flaming gases. The whole composition
typifies the beauty and agitation at the center of our solar
system. |
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