Autumn trees view pedicab carrying two men plaza pavings Maine Monument, Merchants Gate, Central Park, Columbus Circle, New York
The Maine Monument, at the south-western entrance to Central Park, was built 1901-13 to commemorate the 260 American sailors killed when the USS Maine pre-dreadnought battleship exploded, under mysterious circumstance, in the harbour of Havanna, Cuba, February 15th 1898, precipitating the Spanish-American War. Four days after the tragedy, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst's New York Morning Journal called for a public collection to honour the dead sailors. A design by sculptor Atillio Piccinilli and architect Harold Van Buren Magonigle was chosen in 1901. The monument consists of a limestone base in the shape of a ship's prow topped by a tall pylon crowned by a gilded figure of Columbia (Liberty) Triumphant leading a seashell chariot pulled by three hippocampi or part horse part sea creatues. Autumn trees view of pedicab at work, south side of monument.
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Location: Maine Monument, Central Park Merchant's Gate, Columbus Circle, New York City, USA
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