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Carrying of the Cable, (sculpture). Artist:  Buyck, Edward Pierre, 1888-1960, sculptor. Title:  Carrying of the Cable, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 1929. Installed 1930. Rededicated Sept. 1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Stele: granite; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. H. 2 ft. 10 in. x W. 3 ft. 4 in.; Stele: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. x 16 in. Inscription:  Edward P. Buyck (On plaque above bas-relief, raised lettering:) ROUTE TRAVELED BY THE MEN/WHO CARRIED THE FOUR-TON CABLE/FOR THE SHIP "SUPERIOR" TWENTY MILES/FROM SANDY CREEK BATTLEFIELD/TO SACKETS HARBOR IN JUNE 1814/ERECTED BY NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY N.S.U.S./.DAUGHTERS OF 1812./AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1930 signed Description:  A relief plaque set in a rough-hewn granite stele. The bas-relief depicts men (seen in right profile) pulling a large ship cable over their shoulders. At the front of the line, bulls pull a cart which holds the cable coil. Subject:  History -- United States -- War of 1812 Figure group -- Male Architecture -- Boat -- Detail Architecture -- Vehicle -- Cart Animal -- Cattle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Belleville Relief Stele Sculpture Owner:  Located Corner of Lee Road & Route 289, Belleville, New York Remarks:  The sculpture marks the trail followed by men who carried the Superior ship cable overland to outwit the British in the War of 1812. The sculpture is the second in a series of four sculptures marking their trail. It was erected by the New York State Society N.S.U.S., the Daughters of 1812, and the State of New York. The marker originally stood on the H. Edmund MacHold farm, until it was moved 200 feet closer to the road around 1948. IAS files contain a related article from the Watertown Daily Times, Sept. 10, 1948. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Watertown Daily Times, Sept. 10, 1948. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY000689   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000689 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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