The fountain is gravity fed with the "wheel" controlling a gate in the dam opening into a 24-inch diameter pipe which feeds the fountain. The height of the geyser is determined by the water level ...

LANDING − With a turn (actually 67 turns) of a wheel, the Hopatcong Dam fountain slowly gushed to life late Tuesday morning, ending a quarter-century of inactivity. On a set of stairs ...

The fountain's center geyser was manually controlled by a wrench-lever that required an engineer in the pump room communicating by radio with person above ground to determine the spout's height.

Gateway Geyser to close, make way for potential National Park acquisition and Illinois Route 3 construction The East St. Louis attraction, dubbed the "world's tallest fountain," will close after ...

The Gateway Geyser in East St. Louis, Illinois, recently closed but was the tallest fountain in the United States at 630 feet. Port Fountain in Karachi, Pakistan, reaches a height of 620 feet.

Thar she blew: the Gateway Geyser was the tallest water fountain in the U.S., but kind of looked like a water main break. FLICKR/PAUL SABLEMAN ...