Buckingham Fountain In Chicago

Gaze upon the largest fountain in the world - the Buckingham Fountain

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Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (USA)

Located at the center of the Grant Park, the Buckingham Fountain is considered as one of the largest fountains in the world.

Built in 1927, the Buckingham Fountain is considered as the front gate or the main entrance of the city due to its location. The fountain was built in a rococo wedding cake style and had some imprints from the Latona fountain too which can be clearly viewed in the design of the fountain.  The Buckingham Fountain represents the majestic Lake Michigan and is visited by tourists from all around the world.

The majestic view of the fountain and the water shows which are continuously conducted throughout the day can be viewed easily in Grant Park. The Buckingham Fountain comes under the U.S historic district contributing property and is even considered as a world heritage site. The fountain is no doubt one of the oldest fountains but it has been renovated several times in order to preserve the original designs with some preserving element.

The Buckingham fountain is even considered as one of the best places for wedding photo-shoots and one can see various couples in there having their pictures clicked. The architecture of the Buckingham Fountain is one to be marveled at. The fountain consists of four horses facing sideways which represent the four states Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. The Buckingham fountain was designed by architect Edward H. Bennett and the various figurines and statues were the brain-child of Marcel F. Loyau. The fountain is a must visit place and should not be missed. The beautiful water shows in here would mesmerize you.

Sound And Light Show Of Buckingham Fountain

There are a total of three pumps that power the water displays. Pump 1 is the primary one and is responsible for keeping the fountain active throughout the day. There is a total of 134 jets in the fountain with a water capacity of 1.5 million gallons. With favorable wind conditions, the fountain has the capacity to recirculate 14,100 approx. gallons of water in a minute through its 134 powerful jets. The Buckingham fountain has 820 lights in total operating automatically since 1980. The light effect is very soothing and resembles that of soft moonlight.

Facts About the Buckingham Fountain

Buckingham Fountain is named after Kate Buckingham who dedicated this fountain in memory of her brother, Clarence.

Buckingham Fountain holds up to 6 million liters of water.

The fountain is equipped with a security alarm which is monitored by the security personnel 24*7 because the fountain is built from precious material and holds cultural and historical importance for Chicago.

Buckingham Fountain is 85 meters in diameter and the fountain goes to a height of 7 meters which makes it one of the largest structures in the world.

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Hilli's 10 days trip to Chicago

BEFORE GETTING THE DEAL DONE WITH MR. PAWAR I WAS STRUGGLING TO GET DEALS IN THE BEST PRICE AND WITH THE BEST SERVICE. MR. PAWAR FULFILLED ALL MY REQUIREMENT WITH THE BEST PRICE AND HIS SERVICE WAS MINDBLOWING WHENEVER WE HAD PROBLEM HE SOLVED IT. WHENEVER WE TRIED TO CONTACT HIM. HE DINTS CARE THAT WAS LATE NIGHT AND HE PICKED OUR CALL AND GAVE THE BEST SERVICE. HIS GESTURE AND POLITENESS WAS SO, OUTSTANDING. GREAT WORK MR. PAWAR. WILL GET ALL THE NEXT TRAVEL PLANS FROM YOU.

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Nassercustoms's 5 days trip to Chicago

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Murli's 14 days trip to Chicago

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Priya's 13 days trip to Chicago

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Sujay's 12 days trip to Chicago

I had to cancel my east coast and west coast travel due to personal emergency. What disappointed me was that the agency did not offer to refund any money incurred for west and east coast travels (the unused portion of my trip) . In fact, for the rerouting I was asked to pay INR 14500. I had already paid a total of INR 6.8L for the whole trip but ended up using only a portion of the trip. I felt that the agency could have been fair and refunded a portion of the money paid for the unused trip.

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Bharti's 7 days trip to Chicago

The trip should have been managed better. There were constant hiccups. Despite mentioning that the cost should be inclusive of everything, we paid extra tax at the hotel. This was later refunded after explanation. Trip to Niagara Falls, required a Canadian Visa which wasn't mentioned. Money was charged but we missed the attraction "Made of Mist" because we were never told that candadian visa is required. No one got back on the ride that happens from American side. Despite paying the money for New York city tour attractions, we were separately charged for it. This was later refunded. Missed the island tour of Statue of Liberty, because we were told our tour will cover the same, but that dint happen. Other attractions like central park, Brooklyn bridge and Rockefeller Center got missed, cause we were told the tour will cover it. But did not happen, and no time was left for us to visit on our own. Also the travel agency commission should be kept transparent. The customer should know how much is just the tour cost and how much is commission.

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Sushma's 8 days trip to Chicago

Flights booked were very inconvenient. 12 hrs stopover in Hongkong. Why book visit Hongkong flights for East Coast trip?? On teaching Newyork we were not taken to Hotel to freshen up. Instead dropped at a vague place where we got no vegetarion food. We were asked to shell out 120usd if we wanted to go to hotel first, whereas the same was part of itinerary. We should actually be given refund of the same amount as a promised service was not given pl

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Ayyappan's 12 days trip to Chicago

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Sharad's 12 days trip to Chicago

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Vmlawyers's 9 days trip to Chicago

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Yes, pictures can be taken of the water show.

Buckingham Fountain runs daily from 8 am to 11 pm, the light and sound show lasts for 20 minutes and occurs on an interval of an hour.

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