First Singing Fountain in Prague, 1932

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $19.95

Stock #:1034697
Type: Postcard
City: Prague
Country: Czechoslovakia
Publisher: Rohs, Slet Vysokoskolského Kruhu 7430 V Praze
Postmark: 1937
Postmark City: Prague
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Fred Hobek
12715 Formosa Ave
Cleveland, OH
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Night view of the illuminated Křižík's Fountain in Prague. Inset image of the pump. Text on back: "First Singing Fountain in Prague in 1932. Originally designed by F. Křižík. It was built on the National Showgrounds in 1935. The fountain has 1,400 water nozzles and a capacity of 14,000 liters per minute. Pumps and other equipment were supplied by the Sigma-pumps company from Olomouc and Lutín. The fountain is the second largest of its kind in the world. The water is treated with the "Singing" effect."

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