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      Opening of Electric Fountain at Glenarm Power Plant in Pasadena

      • Wafic Khalil
        • December 21, 2019
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      HISTORY

      Fountain at Pasadena Water and Power, on Fair Oaks at Glenarm, shortly after it opened on Christmas Eve, 1938, electrically designed by my uncle Knowlton Root Birge (Photo - private collection of Sharon Hawley).

      Fountain at Pasadena Water and Power, on Fair Oaks at Glenarm, shortly after it opened on Christmas Eve, 1938, electrically designed by my uncle Knowlton Root Birge (Photo – private collection of Sharon Hawley).

      This photo is of the fountain at Pasadena Water and Power, on Fair Oaks at Glenarm, shortly after it opened on Christmas Eve, 1938, electrically designed by Knowlton Root Birge.

      By Wafic Khalil

      The iconic fountain is one of eight recently touted by KCET’s Sandi Hemmerlein as one of L.A. most fascinating fountains. Hemmerlein notes that the fountain actually is an integral part of the plant, replacing an original cooling tower.  The Pasadena logo with lightning bolts is featured in its tiled circular basin.

      Before and after?

      We were planning on showing a “before and after” photo of the fountain, but it still looks the same! Hard to believe that this photo dates back to Christmas Eve, 1938 (courtesy of the private collection of Pasadena artist and poet, Sharon Hawley).

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        October 28, 2017 at 10:00 pm

        Magical memory (1958-1978 timeframe) was watching the colored lights change (underwater) while waiting for a red light.

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