Artificial waterfall
An artificial waterfall is a water feature or fountain which imitates a natural waterfall.
Artificial waterfalls were popular in Europe in the late 19th and eary 20th Centuries. Said to be spectacular is one in Viktoriapark in Berlin. [1]
An early American example is Huntington Waterfalls in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. In 1896 Gardening Magazine reported that it was the only artificial waterfall in a public park in North America.[2]
Examples
References
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- ^ Susan C. Anderson (Editor), Bruce Tabb (Editor), Water, Leisure and Culture: European Historical Perspectives, Berg Publishers, 2002, ISBN-10: 1859735401page 122
- ^ Gardening Magazine, 1896, page 363