Update June 1,2020
This post has been updated. Several new magical taps have been added and the taps included here have been merged in the latest updated post. Please ignore this post and visit the latest post tiled - Magical Floating Water Taps Around The World - Updated
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Magical Floating Water Taps are Public Art/Fountains which appear to be floating freely in the air, have no apparent plumbing, yet deliver a constant stream of water.
This post has been updated. Several new magical taps have been added and the taps included here have been merged in the latest updated post. Please ignore this post and visit the latest post tiled - Magical Floating Water Taps Around The World - Updated
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Magical Floating Water Taps are Public Art/Fountains which appear to be floating freely in the air, have no apparent plumbing, yet deliver a constant stream of water.
Such taps have been reportedly installed in many cities, however my search on the WWW has yielded only four results so far. These are;
- Aqualand, Puerto de Santa María, Spain
- Olivenza, Spain
- Santa Galdana, Menorca, Spain
- Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
It is not known which one of the above was originally created and which were copied later.
Given below are images from these locations;
Magical Water Tap at Aqualand, Puerto de Santa María, Spain.
Image from commons.wikimedia.org is by emijrp
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Magical Water Tap at Olivenza, Spain.
Image from Flickr is by Jesu d´Alange
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Magical Water Tap at Santa Galdana, Menorca, Spain
Image from Flickr is by mira66
Image from Flickr is by fender5
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Image from Panoramio is by Jean Marc Gfp
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Image from Flickr is by mira66
Image from Flickr is by fender5
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Magical Water Tap at Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
Image from Panoramio is by Jean Marc Gfp
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Try to guess how these magical taps work else click here to see the explanation.
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Source of info: My curiosity was aroused by the image of the Aqualand Magic Tap which I recently saw in Wikipedia and a search on the WWW yielded just four results. I request my readers to inform me if similar Magical Taps exist at other locations, so that I can include those also in this collection - Thanks.
I saw one in the front lobby of Rippley's museum NYC. Sorry, don't have any pics. I don't know why...I should have clicked one.
ReplyDeleteThanks FUA for the info.
ReplyDeleteI tried a quick google search for its image at Ripley's museum, NYC but have not succeeded so far. I will try to make a deeper search and if I find a photo of same I will definitely include it.
All the best and thanks once again for the info.
One in Ternerife: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2002668
ReplyDeleteOne in Tenerife: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2002668
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris. Great find. I will include it soon in the collection and needless to say give you the credit.
ReplyDeleteThanks once again.
These are based on a ca 1960 in-home decoration but I don't know who the original artist was. I have made a few using a standard water tap and clear plastic tubing. You can see one in the Jack Lemmon movie "The Apartment" (1960)
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