The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-03-27
WATER SPECTACLE.
BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN EFFECTS FOR
THE PAN-AMERlCAN.
Unexampled sights 10 lie Provided
For Visitors TO the Exposition.
VIII Use $4,000 Gallons of Water
Per Minute For This Feature

IneNampled sights 10 He Provided
For Visitors to the Exposition.
VIII Use $4,000 Gallons of Water
Per Minute For This Fenture.
When visitors To the Pan American
Exposition view the fountain dlplays.
they viii be inclined to wonder where
all the water comes FROM SO plentiful
Will be the supply 1t Will be with
these fountain displays the same as it
will be with the electrical exhibit.
There Will be II point, II place, at which
the display viii increase in beauty and
extent until the climax is attained in
nnd about the Electric Tower and the
basin thereof. SO extensive Will this
be that all VIII recognize the beauty of
the display and look In wondering aid
mlration upon the spectacle. which ia
destined to be one of the most remark
able features of the Exposition.
The pumping plant that will supply
! the water effects will be located in the
Court of the Machinery and Transport
tatlon building. II Will consist OF II
pumps having II total capacity of &c.
600 gallons of water per minute.
The engines are NIL to be belted to
their respective pump units. and they
will be required to be In service from
10 o'clock in the morning until 11;15
O'Clock at night II period OF 1874 hours.
Estimating their capacity ut 80, 900 gal
Ions Of water each minute. Ii Is evident
that each day during the time they IRE
to he in service they could pump the
enormous amount of 81, $4,000 gallons
of water. This water Will be used to
serve the fountain displays at the Flee
tric Tower and basin and also the
Court of Fountains, including the
Fountain of Abundance. The water
will be taken from an intake located Mt
the north end of the Court of Fountains
basin through AZ inch suction pipe.
1t will be delivered by the pumps
through 16 inch and 20 inch pipes at n
pressure of 40 pounds per square inch
TO the fountain orltlces. From these
orinces the water will stream In all
shapes from the finest spray Jet to the
solid stream inches thick that will rise
high In the air.
At the Fountain of Abundance the
sight viii be NIL the name implies.
There VIII be an abundance of water.
and ii Will be in motion. Beyond the
Fountain of Abundance will be the
Court of Fountains, and this basin will
be filed with large Jets of water
thrown vertically. They will be known
us pillar Jets. III this basin will also
be located beautiful groups of water
oil In In In
which the water IL projected. The wa
ter figures will resemble sheaves OF
wheat lilies, etc, and they will average
| IL feet high. On line through the
center OF the main Court OF Fountains
| there will be MI of 20 Of each OF these
| figures OF surprising beauty.
Beyond this still. at the north end of
the Court of Fountains, will be the
Genius Of Water. Here In a significant
group of statunry the sculptor Will por
tray his artistic conception OF what tn,
figure is designed to represent Ovel
in front of the statuary the water will
ebulllnte, carrying out IN most perfect
way the sculptor's idea.
In front OF the Electric Tower In the
basin and I'm the niche OF the Tower
| the climax OF spectacular water eff
| fects VIII come with II gorgeousness
that VII exceed any display OF the
kind tn" world has seen. On each
| side III the center OF the structure will
be located two groups of water Jets,
with 20 large pillar Jets, throwing
water columns to II height OF 30 feet.
on the arc OF n circle, whose center IL