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 ...

Today, that valve is released once an hour, every hour, so if you're there on time, you're sure to see the bubbly fountain ...

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.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — After visiting Yellowstone National Park in 1888, traveler Patty Selmes returned in 1891 to find the newly constructed Fountain Hotel one of the “great improvements ...

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.

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 ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Artificial Fountain and Geyser Springs ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 93 No. 4 (July 1905), p. 67 doi:10.1038 ...

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 ...

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