Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Salmon Street Springs at Tom McCall Waterfront Park

…Continued from Oregon Maritime Center & Museum.

IMG_3330 Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
Salmon Street Springs Fountain on September 7, 2008

The Salmon Street Springs fountain was designed by Robert Perron Landscape Architects and Planners, built by Berge Brothers Enterprises and funded by the Portland Development Commission.

IMG_3331 Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
Salmon Street Springs Fountain on September 7, 2008

It was dedicated in 1988, and named through a public contest in 1989; the name comes from its location at the foot of SW Salmon Street. The City of Portland Bureau of Water Works operates and maintains it.

IMG_6273 Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Portland, Oregon on June 7, 2009
Salmon Street Springs Fountain on June 7, 2009

An underground computer cycles through the fountain's three water patterns: misters, bollards and wedding cake.

IMG_6274 Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Portland, Oregon on June 7, 2009
Salmon Street Springs Fountain on June 7, 2009

The fountain includes 185 jets with as many as 137 in operation at one time, depending on the pattern. At full capacity, the fountain recycles 4,924 gallons of water per minute.

IMG_3329 Stand Up Portland Plaque near Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
Stand Up Portland Plaque on September 7, 2008

A plaque near the Salmon Street Springs fountain was placed on August 21, 1993 by Stand Up Portland, and reads: "We, the citizens of Oregon, recognizing that the future health and well-being of our state depends on the strength and diversity of its people, stand together to celebrate the uniqueness of cultures, lifestyles, ideas and abilities that unite us as a community."

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