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Solar Fountain at the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair

World's Fair Information Manual

FOUNTAIN

  • Solar Fountain

CONSULTANTS

  • Hamel and Langer
  • 652 First Avenue
  • New York, New York 10016
  • OR 9-9140

CONTRACTORS

  • Julius Auserehl & Son - General
  • Metropolitan Electric Construction Comapny - Electrical
  • J. L. Murphy - Mechanical

LOCATION

  • Avenue of Europe, south of Promenade

AREA

  • Pool basin 120 feet in diameter

DESIGNERS

  • J. S. Hamel
  • Gilmore D. Clarke
  • Donald Oenslager
Solar Fountain

SOURCE: 1965 World's Fair Information Manual

FEATURES

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 gasses. The whole composition typifies the beauty and agitation at the center of our solar system.

Solar Fountain

Solar Fountain

Source: NY World's Fair Publication For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair 1964-1965