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Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
Reflecting pool: Howard Van Doren Shaw
Completed: 1922
Location: Western edge of the Midway Plaisance in the Washington Park.
Washington Park is registered in the National Register of Historic Places, and this sculpture is a contributing feature in this achievement.
Approx. 127 feet length
Made with hollow-cast concrete, reinforced with steel and incorporated pebbles from the Potomac River.
This composite material was an innovation at the time.
Commissioned by the B.F.Ferguson Monument Fund,
to commemorate the first 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 …
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Time goes, you say? Ah no, Alas, time stays, we go” / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Inspired by Henry Austin Dobson’s poem, “Paradox of Time”
“Time goes, you say?
Ah no, Alas, time stays, we go”.
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Father Time / Time goes, you say? Ah no, Alas, time stays, we go” / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Time goes, you say? Ah no, Alas, time stays, we go” / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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North end / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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North center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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Center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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South center / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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South end / Fountain of Time – by Lorado Taft
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