Centennial Fountain and Water Arc

Worth the wait

On the hour every hour the Centennial Fountain and Water arc fires across the Chicago river, well worth timing your riverwalk to see it.

Fountain on the riverwalk

This is a cool fountain we were able to see while on our boat tour. The docent said a few words about it. I took a couple of pictures. We didn't see the water shooting across the river, which was disa...

Cool Water Arc to Watch or Boat Under

This is a cool feature on the Chicago River. The Fountain streams across the river, and boats can ride underneath it.

Cool to look at and watch in action

The fountain is located on the North side of the river at McClurg Court. It was to built to commemorate the accomplishment of reversing the flow of the Chicago River. It’s a cool enough monument jus...

Stunning!

A beautiful arc of water acroos the river (interrupting boat travel!) on the hour from the memorial fountain. Will be even better when the riverwalk construction is finished.