Terra Cotta Globe - Edison, NJ
N 40° 32.452 W 074° 20.443
18T E 555829 N 4488000
Here, in Roosevelt Park, may be found a terracotta globe surrounding a shaft of relief figures of a scientist, artist, engineer, and muscular, un-shirted men apparently representing industrial workers or working-class people.
Waymark Code: WM9M2W
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2010
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This huge beautiful globe tops a fantastic abstract sculpture/fountain called Light Dispelling Darkness. The globe is very accurate in a flashy, eye catching way.
There are six concrete arches extending from the center fountain of this amazing sculpture. At the end of the arcs are six colorful, somewhat scary abstract sculptures emblematical of War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, Greed and Materialism. The mini sculptures are quite extraordinary and by all rights, each one could be an individual waymark.
The sculpture exhibits a heroic theme of combating evil through knowledge. It is a terracotta globe surrounding a shaft of relief figures of a scientist, artist, engineer, and muscular, un-shirted men apparently representing industrial workers or working-class people. On the outside are six figures representing conquest, war, famine, death, greed and materialism fleeing the forces of science and knowledge, an appropriate theme for Edison, NJ. Out of the six figures, 4 of them contain the horses of the Apocalypse.
These sculptures can be found near the entrance of Roosevelt Park. It is to the right of the Middlesex County war memorial. When I visited the fountain was not on, unfortunately. According to the interpretives present at the site the fountain was recently renovated thanks to a ton of dough raised for the project. I am also including a link to a video I made of this sculpture/fountain as well. Click HERE