Fountian at the Point - Forks of the Ohio - Pittsburgh, PA
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N 40° 26.509 W 080° 00.767
17T E 583724 N 4477264
The fountain at the Point is a symbol for the city of Pittsburgh.
Waymark Code: WMX42A
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2017
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Taken from Wikipedia, "he fountain in Point State Park, which sprays water up to 150 feet (46 m) in the air at the head of the Ohio River, draws upon water from an aquifer that passes beneath the park known as the "Wisconsin Glacial Flow", an ancient river channel now filled with sand and gravel as a result of the Pleistocene glaciation and the consequent re-routing of Pittsburgh's rivers.
The location of the fountain at the tip of the Point previously served as a connector for two old bridges, the Manchester Bridge (over the Allegheny River) and Point Bridge (over the Monongahela). Both were removed in 1970 to make way for the fountain.
In April 2009, the fountain was turned off for a $9.6 million upgrade and refurbishment; it went online again at the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival on June 7, 2013.
The fountain also serves as the western terminus for the Great Allegheny Passage, a 150-mile hiker-biker trail beginning at the 184.5 milepost of the Cumberland, MD terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, which begins in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC, thus forming in toto a 350-mile recreational trail between DC and Pittsburgh."
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