THEY'RE "SHOOTING THE CURL" IN PHOENIX.

Surfing has come at last to the Arizona desert.

The ersatz ocean is called Big Surf. At 4 million gallons, it's believed to be the biggest "pool" ever built: 400 feet long by 300 feet wide, and nine feet at its deepest point.

And it makes its own waves.

Every 60 seconds, the crashing surf propels an army of Arizona's finest toward a sandy 4 1/2 acre beach.

Now about the waves. They're made by pumping water into a 160 foot by 41 foot tank-like "reservoir." Up to 100,000 gallons are released through 15 gates at the reservoir base. The water passes over a custom concrete "reef," and is formed into a wave up to five feet high.

The restless sea is kept restless by three 250 hp Peerless mixed flow pumps from FMC Corporation. They are the same pumps that irrigate deserts in the Middle East, provide flood control in Louisiana, and fill city reservoirs in New York.

And FMC is the same company that makes fibers, food machinery, railroad cars, industrial chemicals, and a whole lot of other things you never hear about because we work behind the scenes.

If you'd like to do something about making waves in the desert, or fighting famine in India, or anything else that a diversified company does to improve life, pick up a copy of our brochure "Careers with FMC" from your placement office.

Or write FMC Corporation, Box 760, San Jose, Calif. We're an equal opportunity employer.

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You'd be surprised at all the things we do.