Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain — Attraction in Chicago

It's a beautiful idea, a huge arc of water flying across the river. According with the descrption at the monument it runs for 10 minute every hour, starting at 10 am. We were there to see it from the beginning, however after 5 minutes a tourist boat full of people was approaching and the water arc turned off, why? It's weird that this Chicago attraction does not follow it's own schedule. People were there to take pictures and videos but the 10 minutes passed and the arc never came...

Centennial Fountain shoots a massive arc of water across the Chicago River. It spurts for five minutes straight every hour on the hour, from 10am to midnight from May through September. The exercise is meant to commemorate the labor-intensive reversal of the Chicago River in 1900, which tidily began sending all of the city’s waste downriver rather than into the lake. (Chicago’s neighbors downstate, as you can imagine, do not go out of their way to celebrate this feat of civil...

The Centennial fountain and water arc was a fantastic experience to catch during the Chicago River walk. The arc goes on top of every hour for 5 to 10 minutes. Its a beauty that is long that shoots water from onside across river to the other. It is also crazy enough to notice the kayakers get excited to soak in the water arc. Dont miss this jem while visiting Chicago. Watching the arc and fountain in the backdrop of Chicago architecture and river is...