Image: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593740420)

Description: Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches) Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ains are among the prominent features at theFair. Thousands of people stand at points of vantage about thegreat court each evening to watch the ever-changing beauties ofthese fountains. They are two in number, located on the lowerterraces on either side of the McMonnies emblematical fountain,and are without a rival in ancient or modern days in hydraulic orelectrical design. Supplied from the high pressure system placedfor the fire protection of the Worlds Fair by the Worthingtonpump people, each of these two fountains requires for its own indi-vidual service the full capacity of a 16-inch water main under lOOpounds pressure. Located as they are upon the lower terraces,the necessity arose for operating casemates below the surface levelof the lake. Altogether thirty-eight 90-ampere projector lamps,with burnished silver parabolic reflectors, by their concentratedeffort, illuminate in the most pleasing manner the ever-varyingstreams of water projected through the nearly 400 apertures pro- Text Appearing After Image: ;o8 EIvECTRICITY. vided. The entire manao-ement of these fountains Is directed fromthe northeast tower of Machinery Hall. The machinery used for the fountains is also used for chargingthe electric launches. There are fifty of these beautiful little boats,averaging forty feet long and having a carrjang capacity of thirtypeople. After hvQ or six hours charging each little launch will havestored away in its hold about forty horse-power hours of effectiveelectrical energy, sufficient for ten or twelve hours continuous run.This charo-ino- station, located south and east of the Aericultural Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593740420)
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Author: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941; Igleheart, William, [from old catalog] joint author
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