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3 Rivers Water Filtration Plant, (sculpture). Artist:  Bybee, Wilbur, sculptor. Matteson, Victor A., architect. Woolery Stone Company, fabricator. Geake Bros. Stone, fabricator. Hoad, Decker, Shoecraft and Drury, engineering firm. McNamee, Porter & Seeley, engineering firm. Haggerman Construction, contractor. Shambaugh & Sons, contractor. Title:  3 Rivers Water Filtration Plant, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant, (sculpture). Dates:  1932-1933. Dedicated 1933. 1953-1954. Rededicated 1954. 1980-1981. Rededicated 1981. Medium:  Indiana limestone. Dimensions:  139 relief panels. (Larger panels: each approx. 2 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. x 3 in.); (Smaller panels: each approx. 1 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 11 in. x 3 in.). Description:  Over 139 sculptured relief panels, in two sizes, adorn the outside of the Three Rivers Filtration Plant. The reliefs depict events in the history of water supply. The relief images include: 27 panels containing fancy designs; 22 featuring the head of a Native-American chief in full headdress; 20 showing two fish facing each other; 15 depicting a deer lying beside water; 10 of a fountain gushing water; eight each of an old well with a balanced pole to withdraw water, and a pump-style water pump; seven depictions of a well bucket; and four panels featuring a beaver. Other panels, which appear once or only several times, are: a well beside a palm tree with a turbaned man giving water to another man; a Native American drinking from a stream; a Dutch windmill; birds on a birdbath; a well with a bucket; a turn-handle water pump; a Native American with a feather; a frontiersman; a swan with cattails; a grist mill with overshot wheel; grapes; and a heron. When the same panel is used several times, some figures face to the proper right and some to the proper left. Subject:  History -- United States -- Indiana Allegory -- Element -- Water Figure male -- Head Ethnic -- Indian Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Animal -- Fish Animal -- Deer Architecture -- Monument -- Fountain Architecture -- Other -- Well Animal -- Beaver Landscape -- Tree -- Palm Tree Figure group -- Male Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Landscape -- River Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill Ethnic -- Dutch Object -- Other -- Birdbath Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Animal -- Bird -- Swan Object -- Foliage -- Cattail Architecture -- Industry -- Mill Object -- Fruit -- Grape Animal -- Bird -- Heron Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Three Rivers Filtration Plant, City Utilities, 1 Main Street, City County Building, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Located Three Rivers Filtration Plant, End of Battes Street off Spy Run, on facade, Fort Wayne, Indiana Remarks:  The Three Rivers Filtration Plant was funded by $2,500,000 in bonds issued by the City of Fort Wayne. The plant was designed in 1931 by architect Victor A. Matteson. Hoad, Decker, Shoecraft and Drury drew up plans for the new plant, a reservoir, and a dam, and supervised the construction. The reliefs for the original structure were created by artist Wilbur Bybee of the Woolery Stone Company, Kansas City/St. Louis. From 1953 to 1954 the plant was expanded to meet the growing water needs of the Fort Wayne community. New relief panels were created to decorate the new additions. More plant additions were constructed in 1980 and 1981 by Haggerman Construction and Shambaugh & Sons under the direction of engineers McNamee, Porter & Seeley. Stone work was performed by Geake Bros. Stone of Fort Wayne. IAS files contain 1933 and 1981 dedication booklets. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. 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 IN000790   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000790 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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