Louisville Dedicates Fountain in Ohio River
Kentuckians gathered Friday evening on the banks of the Ohio River for the dedication and first performance of the 400-foot-high Louisville Falls Fountain, billed as the world’s tallest floating fountain.
The fountain, on an octagonal barge 39 feet across, is a gift to the city from Mary and Barry Bingham Sr., who donated $2.6 million for its construction and maintenance for three years. Bingham, patriarch of a three-generation media family, died Monday at age 82.
Officials said it takes 20 minutes for the computer-controlled fountain’s 41 jets and red, white, blue and amber lights to complete a program of patterns, which concludes with the spraying of a fleur-de-lis--Louisville’s symbol--about 400 feet above the river.
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