Abstract bronze sculptured fountain in lobby. The sculpture consists of a fountain, fabricated from brazed and hammered sheet bronze standing in a large rectangular pool.
The Dimensions of the sculpture:
18 feet at highest point
7 feet at widest point
and 15-1/2 feet from front to back.
The water pool dimensions:
10 feet 2 inches width x 20 feet four inches length (internal)
18 feet 2 inches width x 28 feet 5 inches length (external)
6 inch depth of water in pool.
Each marble slab is 4 feet 1/2 inch x 61 inches x 8 inches high.
Eight columns support convex surfaces and seven basins at various heights. The eight columns are attached at their base to the floor of the pool by means of anchor studs set into the pool floor. The studs do not extend through the floor to the basement. The internal flanges of the columns are held to the floor by retaining nuts screwed onto the studs. Two of the larger columns have access doors in their bases. Access doors were not evident for different means. For example, the lower basin is not attached to its supporting column, but is held in place by plates brazed to the bottom of the basin which fit into the interior cavities of the column tops. There are holes near the tops of the columns where bolts, at one time, may have secured the parts. Other connections are bolted and still others are attached by brazing.
Meeting of the Rivers is an abstract sculpture with a fountain which suggests the Mississippi’s source and flow through Missouri.
