The fountain for Hall Springs is easy to see across the street from the playground today. A natural spring is where groundwater is driven out onto the surface by gravity and pressure. The water flows out on top of Earth's crust and becomes surface water.
Hall Springs water was long considered pure enough to drink. The springs were a tourist draw to the Hall Springs Hotel. In the 1800s, the hotel was located near where the playground is today. Many people who grew up in this area remember their families bringing jugs to fill with free water from the springs. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of freshwater, and for at least 150 years, the springs that gave their name to this area drew people in search of refreshment.
The pipes that at one time carried the water into the fountain were sealed in the 1980s, but the stone wall built into the hillside by Works Progress Administration (WPA) forces in the 1930s remains. Ground water still seeps slowly from the wall stones and the rugged stone channel built alongside the park road still carries water downhill towards the Herring Run.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(hydrology)
https://tomcat56.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/remembering-hall-springs-in-herring-run-park/
Hall Springs water was long considered pure enough to drink. The springs were a tourist draw to the Hall Springs Hotel. In the 1800s, the hotel was located near where the playground is today. Many people who grew up in this area remember their families bringing jugs to fill with free water from the springs. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of freshwater, and for at least 150 years, the springs that gave their name to this area drew people in search of refreshment.
The pipes that at one time carried the water into the fountain were sealed in the 1980s, but the stone wall built into the hillside by Works Progress Administration (WPA) forces in the 1930s remains. Ground water still seeps slowly from the wall stones and the rugged stone channel built alongside the park road still carries water downhill towards the Herring Run.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(hydrology)
https://tomcat56.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/remembering-hall-springs-in-herring-run-park/
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