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Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
Sculpture
The Big Wheel, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
The Big Wheel, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Drive Pulley, (sculpture).
Dates:
1985.
Medium:
Sculpture: metal and wood, painted; Base: metal.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. Diam. 15 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque mounted on sculpture:) The Drive Pulley/This large wheel was probably built/around 1908 by the Lowell Marchine/Shop and was part of the apparatus/used to transfer power from the tur-/bine at the Lawrence Canal to the/textile machinery in the Lawrence/Manufacturing Co. Mill. To find out/more about the wheel, how it was used and the story of Waterpower in/Lowell, visit the exhibit in the/Mack Buliding next to the wheel./Similar drive pulleys were used in/textile mills throughout Lowell/LOWELL HERITAGE STATE PARK/LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Description:
A large red-painted wheel is suspended from two side supports.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Wheel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, 222 Merrimack Street, Suite 310, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
Administered by Lowell National Historical Park, 67 Kirk Street, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
Located Mack Building, Shattuck & Middle Streets, In front of entrance, Lowell, Massachusetts
References:
Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs, 1990.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 65910002
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
65910002
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