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This series of six sculptures were cut by Andrew E. Bernasconi, a high-grade Italian stone workman, between 1909 and 1911. These statues are located at Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States. The sculptures represent deities and Ancient Greek thinkers related to rail transport in the United States. [1]
The statue is 18 ft (5.5 m) tall and weighs 8 tons. [13] It depicts the Greek legend of the Titan Prometheus, who was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene, brought fire to mankind by stealing it from the Chariot of the Sun, which resulted in Zeus chaining Prometheus and sending an eagle to prey upon his continually regenerating ...
Artist Nina Saemundsson works on a clay version of her statue of Prometheus in her studio in 1923. This photo was published in July 28, 1934, editions of the Los Angeles Times, before a bronze ...
From 1971 to 2002, it was used as Fort Worth's Amtrak station. The Passenger Station and adjacent Santa Fe Freight Building . The depot was built by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , also known as the "Santa Fe") in 1900 [ 2 ] and renovated in 1938.
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s kickoff parade is Saturday, Jan. 14, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1896.. This will be the first All-Western parade since 2020.More than 2,000 ...
Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy No. 4014 stops at Fort Worth’s T&P Station during its Heartland of America Tour on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. ‘Big Boy’ was built in 1941, one of only 25 ever ...
Fort Worth Central Station (Amtrak: FTW) is an intermodal transit center in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It serves two commuter rail lines ( TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express ), two (later three) Amtrak intercity rail lines ( Texas Eagle , Heartland Flyer and proposed Crescent (train) ), and Greyhound intercity bus .
Prometheus (1934) Paul Manship's highly recognizable bronze gilded Prometheus statue, commissioned in 1934, is located at the western end of the sunken plaza. [308] [395] It stands 18 feet (5.5 m) high and weighs 8 short tons (7.1 long tons). [75] The statue depicts the Greek legend of the Titan Prometheus recumbent, bringing fire to mankind ...