Hyde Park Obelisk Sphinx - Sydney, Australia
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paulspaper
S 33° 52.482 E 151° 12.600
56H E 334444 N 6250295
This old obelisk is surrounded by these two bodied, one headed Sphinx. There is one head at each of the four corners of the base. Hyde Park Obelisk is an obelisk located in Hyde Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Waymark Code: WM5123
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/24/2008
Views: 44
The sphinx appear to be made of sandstone and they have had lots of weathering from over 150 years of city pollution and climate. From Wikipedia: Unveiled in 1857 by the then Lord Mayor, George Thornton, it serves as a sewerage vent designed to eliminate noxious gases from the sewer by moving them above street level. It was modeled on Cleopatra's Needle on the banks of London's River Thames. The overall structure is 22 metres high, which comprises a square sandstone base 6.5 metres high. The vent at the top is a filigreed bronze pyramid. It is also jokingly referred to as Thorton's Scent Bottle.
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