{"id":547551,"date":"2010-04-29T11:40:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.modernmechanix.com\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2010-04-29T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:40:17","slug":"jumpin-jiminy-check-this-jumpin-water-mar-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547551","title":{"rendered":"Jumpin’ Jiminy.. Check This Jumpin’ Water (Mar, 1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE illuminated fountain that will be one attraction of the soon-to-open Seattle World’s Fair is a combination of design and science that makes most other fountains look like amateur night at the waterworks.
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\nThis one will shoot “sculptured” water 70 ft. into the air in graceful, moving patterns. Designed by two young Japanese architects, it was chosen from a field of 268 entries from the United States and 14 foreign countries. One of the fountain-competition judges described it as “a true breakthrough in imaginative frontiers in the use of water.”<\/p>\n

The fountain consists of a 185-ft.-diameter concrete basin, the floor of which is 12 ft. deep and 120 in diameter. At the center is a 30-ft.-diameter dome, 6 ft. high, which is sleeved to accommodate 117 water-jet nozzles. A maximum of 32 nozzles are on at a time, with each one discharging about 200 gals, of water a minute.<\/p>\n

Because the water jets fan out at differing angles from the vertical center nozzle, almost every nozzle has a different volume and pressure relationship. Thus, considerable balancing work was needed to get the precise angle and distance for each jet stream called for by the designers.<\/p>\n

In a control room, a pre-recorded tape mechanism sequences the operation of the nozzles to produce the ever-changing, spectacular displays. A carillon bell and music system is also tied in, as are lighting effects at night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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