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Metropolitan Pool Tablet

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Architect: Henry Bacon
Description: Tablet with incised letters
Materials: Marble (polished)
Dimensions: H: 46" W: 39"
Dedicated: 1922
Fabricator: Nugent Construction Corp.
Donor: Purchase
Inscription: PUBLIC BATH / ERECTED A.D. 1922 / EDWARD RIEGELMANN / PRESIDENT OF
THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN / JOSEPH A. GUIDER / COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
WORKS / JAMES J. BYRNE / SUPERINTENDANT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS / HENRY
BACON / ARCHITECT / NUGENT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION / BUILDERS/

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Zip Code: 11211
Community Board: 301
Council Member: Diana Reyna
Park ID: B085
Acreage: 0.18
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