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Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002
Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002
TitleCrown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002
DescriptionThe "gargoyle” nozzle of the Crown Fountain being tested at the Crystal Fountain headquarters in Concord, Ontario. The "gargoyle” feature of the Crown Fountain, the part where the face on the screen purses its lips together and a jet of water spouts out, harkens back to the more traditional feature of fountains that used the face of a god, or cherub, as a source of water. Great care had to be taken to calculate the exact projection and flow rate for the jet of water to create the effect that Plensa designed, while avoiding injury to small children who would be playing below it.
NeighborhoodLoop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGMFountains
Testing
Industrial facilities
Subject.LCSHCrown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
Subject.AATwaterspouts
nozzles
acrylic
PhotographerUnknown
ArtistsPlensa, Jaume, 1955-
ContributorsCourtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download8/25/2002
Time Period2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository NumberSPE-MP USER Crown 2002.8.25.5
Repository NameChicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
CollectionMillennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rightshttp://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Languageeng
TypeImage
Original Formatjpeg
Original Size543 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)72
Original Dimension (Pixels)1280x960
Camera SpecificationsSony Cybershot
BookCrown Fountain
ChapterChapter 4: Water feature tests
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