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    		• Buyck, Edward Pierre,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Sackets Harbor
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Carrying of the Cable, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Buyck, Edward Pierre, 1888-1960, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Carrying of the Cable, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 2, 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze; Marker: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief: approx. H. 2 ft. 10 in. x W. 3 ft. 4 in.; Marker: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. x 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    Edward P. Buyck (On bronze relief plaque:) 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: 
    Bronze relief plaque depicting the carrying of the cable. A group of seven men are shown carrying a thick cable over their shoulders. In front of them is a cart, with the remainder of the cable coiled in the bed of the cart. The men are surrounded by forest. In the background on the right side of the plaque is a map of the cable trail from the Sandy Creek battlefield through Ellisburg, Belleville, Roberts Corners, Smithville and Sackets Harbor. The plaque is mounted to the front of a rough-hewn granite marker.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- War of 1812
    Figure group -- Male
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Cart
    Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
    Object -- Written Matter -- Map
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Sackets Harbor
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Daughters of 1812, New York
    Located Intersection of Co. Route 75 & Route 2 State Highway, Sackets Harbor, New York
    Remarks: 
    The marker is one of four installed to commemorate the carrying of the ship cable from Big Sandy Creek to Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812. The markers were dedicated under the auspices of the National Society, U.S. Daughters of 1812, State of New York and the state of New York. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Watertown Daily Times, Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, 1930.
    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 NY000974
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