Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)

Obelisk gifted to the United States government by Egypt; erected in Central Park, New York; Noank shipbuilder Henry E. Davis appointed as forman of wood construction for the transportation on the steamer DESSOUG; see Metropolitan Museum publication "The New York Obelisk / or How Cleopatra's NeedleCame to New York and What Happened When It Got Here"