The Captain Cook Memorial Jet. by blinkings
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The Captain James Cook Memorial was built by the Commonwealth Government to commemorate the Bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first sighting of the east coast of Australia. On 25 April 1970, Queen Elizabeth II officially inaugurated the memorial. The water jet is powered by two 560 kilowatt electric motors driving four stage centrifugal pumps capable of pumping up to 250 litres per second against a head of 183 metres. The water velocity at the water nozzle is 260 km/h. While running both pumps simultaneously the main jet throws approximately six tons of water into the air at any instant, reaching a maximum height of 147 metres.
The building to the left is the National Library of Australia, with Parliament House visible on the horizon too.
Comments (10)
blinkings
Faemike55
Sweet capture and very cool
Inspired_Art
That's absolutely beautiful!
Richardphotos
very beautiful park and capture
durleybeachbum
Impressive!
Buffalo1
Lovely!
bmac62
Fascinating photo and back story. I always find explorers to be of great interest. Capt. Cook went many places, but his reputation sure seems to vary based upon whose story you listen to.
sossy
such a high fountain! amazing capture and interesting infos to it ☺
DukeNukem2005
This is very good!
X-PaX
Beautiful capture. Well done.