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was presented by Rev. J. Bradford Cleaver. The obelisk was righted by a special structure built by Henry Honychurch Gorringe. The official ceremony for erecting the obelisk was held January 22, 1881. The event was commemorated a month later with another ceremony inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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and a member of the Department of Public Parks in New York City, selected the site of the obelisk in 1879. Gorringe wrote, "In order to avoid needless discussion of the subject, it was decided to maintain the strictest secrecy as to the location determined on." He noted that the prime advantage
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to Central Park. Railroad ramps and tracks had to be temporarily removed and the ground flattened so that the obelisk could be rolled out of the ship, whose side had been cut open once again for the purpose. The obelisk was carried up the East River and transported to a temporary location off Fifth
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which forwarded them to Judge Farman in Cairo. Realizing that he might be able to secure one of the two remaining upright obelisks—either the mate to the Paris obelisk in Luxor or the London mate in Alexandria—Judge Farman formally asked the Khedive in March 1877, and by May 1877 he had secured the
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The surface of the stone is heavily weathered, nearly masking the rows of Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved on all sides. Photographs taken near the time the obelisk was erected in the park show that the inscriptions or hieroglyphs, as depicted below with translation, were still quite legible and date
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in the State of New York, presided as the cornerstone for the obelisk was laid in place with full Masonic ceremony on October 2, 1880. Over 9,000 Masons paraded up Fifth Avenue from 14th Street to 82nd Street, and it was estimated that over 50,000 spectators lined the parade route. The benediction
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sent an open letter to the president of the Central Park Conservancy and the Mayor of New York City insisting on improved conservation efforts. If they were not able to properly care for the obelisk, he threatened to "take the necessary steps to bring this precious artifact home and save it from
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the Great (1279–1213 BC). The stone had stood in the clear dry Egyptian desert air for nearly 3,000 years and had undergone little weathering. In a little more than a century in the climate of New York City, pollution and acid rain have heavily pitted its surfaces. In 2010, Dr.
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The original idea to secure an Egyptian obelisk for New York City came from the March 1877 New York City newspaper accounts of the transporting of the London obelisk. The newspapers mistakenly attributed to a John Dixon the 1869 proposal of the Khedive of Egypt,
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of the Knoll was its "isolation" and that it was the best site to be found inside the park, as it was quite elevated and the foundation could be firmly anchored in bedrock, lest Manhattan suffer "some violent convulsion of nature."
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was able to make the journey to the United States. The obelisk and its 50-ton pedestal arrived at the Quarantine Station in New York in early July 1880. It took 32 horses hitched in pairs to bring it from the banks of the
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for the United States remaining a friendly neutral as two European powers, France and Britain, maneuvered for political control of the Egyptian government. The transportation costs were largely paid by a railroad magnate,
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was heavily modified with a large hole cut into the starboard side of its bow. The obelisk was loaded through the ship's hull by rolling it upon cannonballs.
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The New York Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks
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Avenue. The final leg of the journey was made by pushing the obelisk with a steam engine across a specially built
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Notable buildings and structures of Central Park. Click on the map and then on the points for details.
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This article is about the obelisk in New York City. For the article describing the original pair, see
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The New York obelisk, or, How Cleopatra's Needle came to New York and what happened when it got here
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The New York Obelisk, Or, How Cleopatra's Needle Came to New York and what Happened when it Got Here
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was asked to head the subscription, he offered to finance the project with a donation of more than
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from Fifth Avenue to its new home on Greywacke Knoll, just across the drive from the
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The formidable task of moving the obelisk from Alexandria to New York was given to
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A time capsule buried beneath the obelisk contains an 1870 U.S. census, a
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The east, north, west, and south faces of the obelisk, respectively (
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Stebbins then sent two acceptance letters to the Khedive through the
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Farman, Elbert E. (1908). "History of Obelisk and Inscription".
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The obelisk was placed on an obscure site behind the museum.
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Ancient Egyptian obelisk in New York City's Central Park
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Relocated buildings and structures in New York City
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Cleopatra's Needle (New York)
Cleopatra's Needles
40°46′47″N 73°57′55″W / 40.779612°N 73.965414°W / 40.779612; -73.965414
An Egyptian obelisk, standing in a park
Central Park
New York City
An Egyptian obelisk, standing near structures in Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria
New York City
obelisks
Cleopatra's Needles
Caesareum of Alexandria
stele
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
main building
Manhattan
Consul General
Cairo
Khedive
William Henry Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
granite
tons
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Heliopolis
Thutmose III
quarries of Aswan
Nile
Ramesses II

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