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The Studebaker Electric Fountain, a city landmark more than a century ago, is being restored and relocated
The elaborate fountain illuminated by colored electric lights was was a gift to the city by John M. Studebaker, co-founder and president of the Studebaker wagon, carriage and automobile company. It was unveiled in 1906 in Howard Park before a crowd of thousands of people. The fountain stood in a large basin made of molded concrete. In the basin were figures of eight turtles and four cherubs riding dolphins, each spurting streams of water, below were figures of boys and swans. The crowning figure was a woman holding a small vase from which water spurted, and the middle section showed classical female figures. The fountain originally stood about 28 feet high, with the bottom concrete basin about 34 feet in diameter. It was expected to stand for generations, but it lasted only 35 years. In 1941, the fountain was crumbling and the city parks department dismantled it, and for decades nobody knew for sure what had happened to it. Rumors circulated: it had been scrapped for metal during World...