Kugel ball

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This article is about a sculpture. For other uses, see Kugel (disambiguation).
Kugel Ball in Railroad Plaza, Lansdale, Pennsylvania

A Kugel ball is a sculpture consisting of a large granite ball supported by a very thin film of water. Water flows beneath a very heavy, perfectly spherical rock from a spherical concave base with the exact same curvature. A Kugel ball can weigh thousands of pounds, but because the thin film of water lubricates it, the ball spins.[1]

Locations of Kugel ball installations include the Science Museum of Virginia[2], Mississippi College in Clinton, MS, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the main shopping centre at Bracknell, Berkshire, England, the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in Kuwait City, the Somerset Collection shopping center in Troy, Michigan, The Davison Township Police Department in Davison, Michigan, as well as Railroad Plaza in downtown Lansdale, Pennsylvania and La Jolla, San Diego, California.

[edit] Locations of Kugel Balls Worldwide

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Location Country GPS Coordinate
Forrest Place Perth, Western Australia Australia 31°57′10″S 115°51′33″E / 31.952756°S 115.859182°E / -31.952756; 115.859182
Questacon Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia 35°17′53″S 149°07′53″E / 35.298158°S 149.131507°E / -35.298158; 149.131507
Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi USA Unknown
Feldkirch Austria Unknown
Erlangen, Bavaria Germany 49°35′44″N 11°00′19″E / 49.595552°N 11.005286°E / 49.595552; 11.005286
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado USA
29th Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado USA 40°01′02″N 105°15′21″W / 40.01715°N 105.25585°W / 40.01715; -105.25585
Langenfeld Germany 51°06′35″N 6°56′55″E / 51.109795°N 6.948499°E / 51.109795; 6.948499
Kansas City, Missouri USA 39°03′52″N 94°35′25″W / 39.06434°N 94.590298°W / 39.06434; -94.590298
Railroad Plaza, Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA 40°14′35″N 75°17′09″W / 40.243083°N 75.285833°W / 40.243083; -75.285833
Amarillo, Texas USA 35°12′25″N 101°49′51″W / 35.207017°N 101.830733°W / 35.207017; -101.830733
Wellington New Zealand 41°17′26″S 174°46′53″E / 41.290556°S 174.781389°E / -41.290556; 174.781389
Carsington Water Visitor Center, Derbyshire UK 53°03′37″N 1°38′31″W / 53.060217°N 1.641850°W / 53.060217; -1.641850
Dallas, Texas USA 32°47′10″N 96°47′45″W / 32.786083°N 96.795739°W / 32.786083; -96.795739
Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, USA 29°43′19″N 95°23′25″W / 29.721933°N 95.390244°W / 29.721933; -95.390244
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral, Florida USA 28°31′21″N 80°40′52″W / 28.522486°N 80.681198°W / 28.522486; -80.681198
The Mall at Tuttle Crossing, Columbus, Ohio USA Unknown
COSI Columbus, Columbus, Ohio USA Unknown
Holliday Park Nature Center, Indianapolis, Indiana USA Unknown
Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California USA 33°48′43″N 117°55′01″W / 33.8118177°N 117.9170617°W / 33.8118177; -117.9170617
California Baptist University, Riverside, California USA Unknown
Dundarave, West Vancouver, British Columbia Canada 49°20′00″N 123°10′57″W / 49.333258°N 123.182506°W / 49.333258; -123.182506
Coleman-Morse Center, Notre Dame, Indiana [3] USA Unknown
Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia Canada 48°25′45″N 123°22′01″W / 48.429117°N 123.366900°W / 48.429117; -123.366900 (Kugel ball at Chinatown)
Nike Campus, Beaverton, Oregon USA Unknown
Amtrak Station, Bakersfield, California USA 35°22′20″N 119°00′30″W / 35.372101°N 119.008233°W / 35.372101; -119.008233
Children's playground, rue du Dôme, Boulogne-Billancourt, Île de France France
Paultons Park, Hampshire[4] USA Unknown
Parco Commerciale Dora, Via Livorno, angolo Via Treviso, Turin Italy 45°05′15″N 7°40′05″E / 45.087556°N 7.668025°E / 45.087556; 7.668025
Lakewood, Colorado USA Unknown
The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA 35°42′41″N 83°31′06″W / 35.711403°N 83.518453°W / 35.711403; -83.518453
The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA Unknown
The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada 43°05′31″N 79°04′34″W / 43.0918716°N 79.0759849°W / 43.0918716; -79.0759849
Disney World, Orlando, Florida USA Unknown
Rotuaari pedestrian street, Oulu Finland Unknown
Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 43°08′03″N 87°57′21″W / 43.134167°N 87.955833°W / 43.134167; -87.955833
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California USA
Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska USA 41°13′31″N 95°55′41″W / 41.225158°N 95.927939°W / 41.225158; -95.927939
Oak Court Mall, Memphis, Tennessee USA 35°07′02″N 89°54′48″W / 35.117305°N 89.913378°W / 35.117305; -89.913378
Kaggensgatan Pedestiran Street, Kalmar Sweden 56°39′42″N 16°21′52″E / 56.661616°N 16.364538°E / 56.661616; 16.364538
Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main Germany Unknown
Casino Velden, Velden Austria Unknown
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa USA 41°35′44″N 93°33′04″W / 41.595546°N 93.551049°W / 41.595546; -93.551049
Davison Township Police Department, Davison, Michigan USA 43°01′38″N 83°33′21″W / 43.027255°N 83.555757°W / 43.027255; -83.555757
Malaya Sadovaya street, Saint Petersburg Russia 59°56′03″N 30°20′15″E / 59.93421°N 30.33744°E / 59.93421; 30.33744
Lausanne Switzerland Unknown
Hämeenpuisto, Tampere Finland 61°29′52″N 23°45′07″E / 61.497792°N 23.751926°E / 61.497792; 23.751926
Lyngby Storcenter, Lyngby Denmark 55°46′17″N 12°30′21″E / 55.771329°N 12.505888°E / 55.771329; 12.505888
Morton Arboretum, Illinois USA 41°48′50″N 88°04′12″W / 41.81393°N -88.06997°E / 41.81393; -88.06997
Casa de las Ciencias, A Coruña Spain 43°21′42″N 8°24′50″W / 43.3618°N 8.413951°W / 43.3618; -8.413951
Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Kentucky USA 38°12′20″N 85°42′25″W / 38.205438°N 85.707023°W / 38.205438; -85.707023
Pacific Science Center, Washington USA Unknown
Temaikèn Park, Belén de Escobar, Buenos Aires Province Argentina 34°22′00″S 58°48′16″W / 34.366725°S 58.804462°W / -34.366725; -58.804462
Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, UT USA Unknown

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kugel Ball FAQ Retrieved on 18 September 2007
  2. ^ Amanda Oaks, Richmond in the Record Books, Richmond.com, 18 August [2004], Retrieved on 18 September 2007
  3. ^ Notre Dame Magazine Online, Summer 2001, Retrieved on 31 July 2008
  4. ^ Paultons Park, Summer 2008, Retrieved on 15 June 2009

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