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PARK FACT:
The Rocking Stone, a 30-ton piece of granite located in the Bronx Zoo, dates back to the Ice Age!
Bronx Park
Burke Ave., E. 180 St. bet. Dr. Kazamiroff Blvd., Southern Blvd. and Bronx Park E., Unionport Rd.
Bronx
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Acres: 718.10
Fountain of Life
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- Sculptor: Carl C. Tefft
- Description: Group (life size) of three figures, two of which are riding horse-like sea creatures and one that rides a porpoise, on a pedestal
- Materials: Group--bronze; Pedestal---Dover marble
- Cast: ca. 1905
- Dedicated: 1905
- Foundry: Roman Bronze Works
- Donor: Purchase
- Inscription: 1) rear of dolphin base: "(signed) CARL TEFFT / SCULPTOR" 2) rear of dolpin base: " ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY 1905"
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