Conservation Treatment Soldiers Sailors Monument DATED 1881
Restored 2002

24 feet across, 50 feet high, 3 Life Size Bronze Soldiers, 3 Large plaques and Granite Female on Top

The Soldiers Sailors Monument is a grand artistic work of art. It stands fifty feet high and is adorned with three larger life size sculpted bronze Civil War Soldiers. One Sailor, one Infantry, and one Cavalry soldier. The granite work is a six sided multi-stepped base with the three bronze sculptures on granite tiers with three large bronze plaques( 28 inches wide and 78.5 inches tall) with smaller plaques under each large one measuring (14.5 high and 31 wide) mounted between each of the bronze sculptures on the column of granite. At the very top of the monument is a sculpted granite women call "INDUSTRIA", with a shield dated 1845. She stands 8 feet tall.

Sailor

The sailor was missing his sword which is held with both hands at his waist and stands vertical down to the base. We cast a new sword and installed it in place with a weld at the top, near the handle and one at the base. T.I.G. is the only appropriate way to weld sculpture of this quality together. We also cast a scabbard and a frog for his proper left hip and welded it into place. A weep hole was drilled in his proper left elbow to relieve condensation build up on the interior on the bronze.

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Cavalry

Holding his binoculars standing proud had been vandalized and missing many component that make this such a great piece. Your City did retrieve his scabbard and handle and hand guard, We installed the weapons by T.I.G.. welding the pieces together and sculpting and casting the 12"belt and the rings and clips to attached each item to one another.His entire left arm is cracked above his elbow and received a small tack weld to keep it from wobbling. We also cast and installed the stirrups on his boots.

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