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    		• Jno. Williams, Inc.,
     
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    		• Homage -- Remington, Eliphalet
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Architecture -- Industry
     
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    		• Landscape
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ilion
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Boulder
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Remington Forge Plaque, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    Remington Forge Plaque, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 29, 1916. Relocated 1973.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief tablet: bronze; Boulder: stone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief tablet: approx. 28 x 24 x 2 in.; Boulder: approx. H. 42 in. x D. 14 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 59 x 56 in. (10 tons).
    Inscription: 
    Jno. Williams Inc. NY USD 1812 (On relief tablet, raised letters:) ON THE FARTHER BANK/OF THE STREAM/STOOD THE FORGE WHERE/ELIPHALET REMINGTON 2ND/MADE THE FIRST REMINGTON GUN/1816 1916/THIS TABLET ERECTED BY THE/COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY/CHAPTER UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812/OF ILION NEW YORK Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A relief tablet affixed to the front of a large boulder and placed atop a square base. The relief tablet depicts a small stone building surrounded by trees and shrubbery. Inscriptions appear at the top and the bottom of the relief. The emblem of the United States Daughters of 1812 is placed the bottom center of the relief tablet.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Remington, Eliphalet
    Occupation -- Science -- Inventor
    Architecture -- Industry -- Foundry
    Landscape
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ilion
    Relief
    Boulder
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Ilion Gorge, Route 51, 2 miles south of Old Forge Road, Ilion, New York
    Remarks: 
    The relief tablet was erected by the Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter of the National Society of the United States Daughters 1812, State of New York. Eliphalet Remington made the first Remington gun near where the tablet is installed. The relief tablet was moved in 1973 when a nearby highway was changed. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 NY000425
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