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The USS Maine National Monument is a 57-foot monument at the southwestern (Merchants' Gate, Columbus Circle) entrance to Central Park, Manhattan, honouring sailors lost when the battleship exploded in Havana harbor in 1898. A gilded figure of Columbia in a chariot drawn by three hippocampi crowns a large pedestal with allegorical sculptural groups by Attilio Piccirilli; the architect was H. Van Buren Magonigle.
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40.76825° N, 73.98098° W
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Free, always-visible outdoor monument on the Central Park West Side at 59th Street, at Columbus Circle.
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Public plaza at the park entrance; no admission. The Central Park Conservancy notes there are no restrooms at the site.
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