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Not knowing what a "dry deck" fountain was, I typed it into Google, and the first link says "This dry-deck fountain dates back to the early 1600s"...

Don't suppose you did the one in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester? That's a really nice fountain.


No, I didn't do that one.

I love the internet. 20 years ago I was certain that it was the first, now it seems I was 300 years too late....

That drydeck is at :
http://www.hellbrunn.at/hellbrunn/english/trickfountains/mechanical_theatre.asp

Well worth a look around that site. They also have a musical, animated fountain from the same period. Both still work.

The musical fountain was patented by the same dude...

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