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when he was fourteen, and was inspired to expand the fish pond with lagoons and underwater tunnels, using an old washing machine pump. He credits that as his first fountain, built with the help of his grandfather and lit by lights using tomato juice cans. He would later recall "Here I was, fooling
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nozzle with two other seniors that has since been used extensively in WET's water features. The first nozzle was used in a fountain installed in the atrium of The
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1976. Fuller nearly obtained a second degree in theater from Utah. He had started attending theater classes to meet actresses, but stayed on to develop stage effects, including an altar that spewed fireballs on command for a production of
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It's not at all about the size (of the fountain). It's about seeing people enchanted. I like making people feel more glad to be alive.
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around with a hundred-and-twenty-volt current, in water, but nobody seemed concerned."
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