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    		• Hewitt & Bottomley,
     
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    		• Donnelly & Ricci,
     
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    		• Benisch Brothers,
     
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    		• Homage -- Phillips, Jack
     
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    		• Occupation -- Communication Arts
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Wireless Operators Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hewitt & Bottomley, architectural firm.
    Donnelly & Ricci, fabricator.
    Benisch Brothers, contractor.
    Title: 
    Wireless Operators Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Titanic Wireless Operators, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1915.
    Medium: 
    Granite with bronze tablets.
    Description: 
    A large circular fountain basin with three memorial tablets, flanked by seats and a cenotaph.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Phillips, Jack
    Occupation -- Communication Arts
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Battery Park, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    The monument honors wireless operators, especially Jack Phillips who died on the Titanic. The monument was funded by the Marine Wireless Operators' Fund.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0053, NY0037, 1989.
    Monumental News, April 1914; May 1915.
    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 76003563
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