The new fountain vault seems to stick out of the water higher than the old one. Why?
The original design of the Electric Fountain had the deck of the fountain vault just a bit higher than the water in the lake. Over many years the level of Ferril Lake was raised to increase the amount of water stored for irrigation. Eventually the summer water level in the lake was about 30 inches higher than the fountain deck, keeping the fountain plumbing totally submerged in lake water. When the new fountain vault was constructed, the height of it was adjusted to be at the same level relative to the lake surface as the 1908 fountain had been when it was constructed.
