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 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, as well as Railroad Plaza in downtown Lansdale, Pennsylvania and LaJolla, California.

[edit] Locations of Kugel Balls Worldwide

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Location GPS Coordinate
Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, USA Unknown
Feldkirch, Austria Unknown
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, England 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
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
John Lawson, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Unknown
Coleman-Morse Center, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA[3] 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, UK[4] 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 Unknown
The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Unknown
Disney World, Orlando, Florida Unknown
Rotuaari pedestrian street, Oulu, Finland 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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