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Cattail and Fountain

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Date: 08/13/02

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July 2002, a closer look of the Cattail and fountain. The fountain is made of what I could find or buy which is affordable. The fountain tub is actually a cattle trough, the center part (where the water comes out of) is a concrete chinese lantern (which has a hole up the middle so that is where I run the hose from the submerged pump (basic sump-pump). The lantern is very heavy and is actually 4 parts. It is raised up off the bottom of the pond with concrete curved blocks that are used for fire pits. On top of that I placed plywood (cut into a circle and painted black) which is what the lantern sits on. The diameter of the fountain is 9 feet, and is 5 feet tall. The sound of the rushing water is great in the yard.