Mirror Lake is a pond on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Visitors, students, faculty, and staff visit the fountains that run in spring, summer, and autumn. Historically, the lake was spring-fed, and sat on the property of William Neil. The trustees in charge of purchasing land for the new Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical Colleg…Mirror Lake is a pond on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Visitors, students, faculty, and staff visit the fountains that run in spring, summer, and autumn. Historically, the lake was spring-fed, and sat on the property of William Neil. The trustees in charge of purchasing land for the new Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, which would later become the Ohio State University, chose to purchase Mr. Neil's land after drinking from the spring. The spring dried up in 1891 when the city of Columbus struck the source of the spring while installing a sewer line through campus. Between 1891 and 1972, the lake was filled using water from the Olentangy River. The water source was subsequently provided by the city of Columbus municipal water supply, at a new location on campus near the location of the original lake.
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