Sculpture: polished black granite; Base: polished black granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Stele
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Located Hoosick Falls New York
Date:
1930
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Carleton Reed '30 (On sculpture:) IN MEMORY OF HON. WALTER ABBOTT WOOD, 1815-1892/INDUSTRIALIST AND INVENTOR. WOOD MOWING AND REAPING/MACHINES WERE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HIS/MANSION STOOD HIGH ON THE HILL BEHIND THIS MARKER/AND IN 1926 IT WAS JOINED TO THE NEWLY BUILT HIGH/SCHOOL NAMED IN WOOD'S HONOR.../ERECTED BY THE/WALTER A. WOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI 1992.
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Summary:
Rectangular stele with incised text and intertwined initials "WW" in honor of industrialist Walter A. Wood, inventor of the Wood Mowing and Reaping Machines.
