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    		• Unknown (New York),
     
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    		• Forbes Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Rumsey, James
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Allegory -- Element
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Shepherdstown
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    James Rumsey Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown (New York), sculptor.
    Forbes Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    James Rumsey Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915.
    Medium: 
    Granite on granite base with bronze plaques.
    Dimensions: 
    Column: approx. H. 75 ft. x Diam. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 24 x 24 ft.; Bronze plaques: each approx. 48 x 42 x 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on front of base, in low relief:) IN HONOR OF/JAMES RUMSEY/INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT/WHO IN OCTOBER,A.D. 1783, ON THE/POTOMAC RIVER, NEAR THE MOUTH/OF SIR JOHN'S RUN, MADE THE FIRST/SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF STEAM TO/THE PRACTICAL PURPOSES OF NAVIGATION;/AND WHO ON DECEMBER 3RD, 1787, MADE A/FURTHER SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION/ON THE POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDS-/TOWN VIRGINIA, ABOUT THREE HUNDRED/YARDS ABOVE THIS SITE./ERECTED BY/THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA/UNDER THE AUSPICES OF/THE RUMSEYAN SOCIETY/A.D. 1915 (Bronze plaque on back of base, in low relief:) JAMES RUMSEY'S/BOAT
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Rumsey, James -- Full length
    Architecture -- Boat -- Riverboat
    Allegory -- Element -- Earth
    Occupation -- Science -- Inventor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Shepherdstown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of West Virginia, Division of Parks and Tourism, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305
    Located North end of Mill Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain related articles from the Virginia Free Press, May 27, 1915, pg. 2 and July 1, 1915, pg. 2, and additional bibliographic citations. Erected by the state of West Virginia under the auspices of the Rumseyan Society, the monument was designed by a New York sculptor. The contract for $15,200 was awarded to the Forbes Company of Chambersburg, PA. It is built on a rocky cliff overlooking the Potomac River, where James Rumsey first demonstrated steam navigation.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    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 WV000069
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