Sculpture: concrete topped with a boulevard light; Basin: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Marietta Department of Parks & Recreation 304 Putnam Street Marietta Ohio 45750
Located Public landing at the junction of Front & Green Streets Marietta Ohio
Date:
Dedicated July 13, 1987
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Incised on each side of hexagonal shaft, under images of smokestacks:) GREENWOOD/1898-1925//LORENA/1895-1916//KANAWHA/1896-1916//BETSY ANN/1899-1931//TIN. BARNSDALL/1890-1904//LIBERTY/1912-1936 (On plaque on right of basin:) BICENTENNIAL PLAZA/Dedicated on July 13, 1987 to commemorate the Bicentennial/of the Ordinance of 1787, and the 200th birthdate of Marietta,/the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory./Richard F. Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio/Thomas W. Johnson, State Representative/Robert Ney, State Senator/Nancy Putnam Hollister, Mayor/Marietta Bicentennial Commission/With Grateful appreciation to the following contributors: (List of contributors and a brief history of the Public Landing follows) unsigned
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Summary:
A hexagonal shaft rises above a fountain divided into three hexagonal shapes. Incised designs of smokestacks appear on each side the shaft; each is unique, and the names and dates of their respective ships appear under the images.
