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Jun 29, 2009 5:52 pm US/Mountain

Denver Park Fountain Damaged By Lightning Strike

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Greg Moody

DENVER (CBS4/AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: An image of the fountain before the strike.
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A century-old City Park fountain that was reconstructed in time for the Democratic National Convention in Denver last year has been damaged by lightning.

Park officials say the fountain, with its 90-foot towers of water under multicolored lights, was turned off after the lightning strike Thursday. A contractor is still assessing the damage.

Parks officials say the water and light shows will resume once it can be repaired.

"Unfortunately we don't know when that's going to be right now and we hope to just continue working on it," Jill McGranahan with Denver Parks & Recreation said. "It's a great addition to the park. It serves a lot of different purposes, the fountain does, so we look to get it back online as soon as possible."

The fountain, called the Darlington Prismatic Electric Fountain, was built to dazzle delegates at the 1908 Democratic convention in Denver. The deteriorating fountain was torn down and reconstructed beginning in January 2007 for $3.2 million, ahead of the last convention in August.

The fountain is not just for show -- it also recycles the water and aerates the lake to reduce algae and improve the fish habitat.

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