Fountain at Point State Park looking toward the North Side

ca. 1974

unknown

The fountain, located at the headwaters of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh’s Point State Park, was designed by architects Stotz, Hess, MacLachlan & Foster. The fountain, the tallest in the United States, shapes approximately 6,000 gallons of water per minute into a spout 150 feet high. It is fed by the famous “fourth river” (Wisconsin Glacial Flow) located about fifty-five feet below ground. The fountain was dedicated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on August 30, 1974, marking the completion of Point State Park. In the background in Three Rivers Stadium which was built in 1970 and imploded on February 11, 2001.

Fountains--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.;Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.);Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.);Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)

MSP285.B008.F13.I02

Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center

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