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Fountain of Progress North at the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair

World's Fair Information Manual

FOUNTAIN

  • Fountain of Progress-North

CONSULTANTS

  • Clarke & Rapuano, Inc.
  • 830 Third Avenue
  • New York 22, New York
  • PL 4-1030
  • and
  • Hamel and Langer
  • 652 First Avenue
  • New York 16, New York
  • OR 9-9140

LOCATION

  • Transportation Area, north of center

AREA

  • Diameter of pool basin-80 feet

CONTRACTORS

  • Julius Auserehl & Sons-General
  • Metropolitan Electrical Construction Co. -Electrical
  • J. L. Murphy-Mechanical
Fountain of Progress North

FEATURES

The Fountain of Progress-North has a spiral layout of a series of jets featuring a changing and exciting trajectory cycle. Starting with a flat projection, the streams gradually rise in an advancing sequence, with the crown of the jet stream increasing from 2 to 16 feet in height. As the distance of the trajectory decreases, the action finally brings the central jet to a vertical position. The full effect remains set for a short period of time, then the process begins again but in reverse, until the streams return to their original flat projection. After a time lapse, the cycle is repeated. Two pumps, driven by 40-horsepower motors, deliver over 4,600 gallons of water per minute to produce this most unusual effect.

SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual