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Fountain flows for the season at Point State Park

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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
The Point State Park fountain is seen from the Duquesne Incline overlook Monday, May 3, the first day of operation this year.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
The Point State Park fountain is seen from the Duquesne Incline overlook Monday, May 3, the first day of operation this year.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
The Point State Park Fountain is framed by tree branches along the North Shore on Monday, May 3, 2021. The fountain was turned on Monday morning.

The fountain at Point State Park is flowing for the season.

This is the 47th year for the fountain, which has become a landmark at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Crews from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources turned the fountain on Monday morning.

At full pressure, the fountain pumps 17,000 gallons of chlorinated water per minute from an aquifer under the rivers.

Before it’s turned on, the fountain is scrubbed by DCNR crew members and repaired for any damages from wintry weather.

Last year, the fountain’s start was delayed until June because of the pandemic. It is generally turned on at the beginning of May.

In 2018, it was damaged by flooding. A $35 million renovation of the landmark was completed in 2013 and, last year, its lights were replaced with a new LED system.

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