![]() Image source: private collectionĬlose view of the fountain in Washington Park.ĭunkirk's Washington Park, bounded by Park, Washington, 5th and 6th streets, was a popular place for active and passive recreation. Neptune Fountain in its new home, Washington Park. The fountain sculpture was offered to the city of Dunkirk, which accepted it. King Neptune rested on rocks and a giant shell, surrounded by sea creatures, until 1937 when ALCO (American Locomotive Company) which had owned by company since 1901 demolished the office building. The fountain in front of the Brooks office building was cast in Pennsylvania at the E.G. Both were likely based on a model originally sculpted in France by Vital-Gabriel Dubray (1813-92). The Fiske Neptune fountain was nearly identical to one sold by competitor, J.L Mott. The 20-year old company was in the forefront of a burgeoning industry in zinc scultpure, making fountains, garden sculpure and benches, memorial statues for fallen heroes for public and private customers.ġ924 photo of the administration building and fountain. Fiske Company, located at that time on 26 & 28 Park Place in New York City. It weighed 960 pounds of a zinc composite, stood 7 feet tall, and cost him $500. Horatio Brooks, founder of the Brooks Locomotive Company in Dunkirk, built an office building to serve his expanding company and, in 1883, installed a fountain of King Neptune in front of the building. Image credit: Robert Harris Collection, Dunkirk Historical Society. 1920s view of the American Locomotive Works (aka Brooks), showing the Neptune fountain lower left in front of the administration building.
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