(Q119851598)

English

Rainbow Falls

waterfall in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA

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0.13 cubic metre per second
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2,000 gallons a minute
with a 1,000-hp. electric pump to deliver 2,000 gallons a minute the water problem was solved (English)
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The Rainbow Falls […] have been once again turned on (English)
The falls […] had been turned off because of a rehabilitation project, and to conserve energy. (English)
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[…] a world still enraptured by the spell of Thomas A. Edison marveled at the rainbows the spray created around each lighted bulb—hence the name of Rainbow Falls. (English)

Map

37°46'17"N, 122°28'42"W
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1930
6 July 1930
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When the falls were installed originally in the early 1930s (English)
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The new waterfall makes use of the old quarry and the water of Lloyd lake, (English)
new waterfall
6 July 1930
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With the release of water into the falls at the foot of the Sir Francis Drake Cross yesterday, another beauty spot was added to Golden Gate Park. (English)
the falls
yesterday
7 April 1930
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The falls, which have been under construction for several months under the supervision of Park Superintendent John McLaren, (English)
The falls
Park Superintendent John McLaren
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the present arrangement of water plunging from a height of over fifty feet (English)
fifty feet
60 foot
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The falls, which have a drop of 60 feet (English)
Rainbow Falls (Golden Gate Park)
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