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Swann Memorial Fountain
Fountain of the Three Rivers
ArtistAlexander Stirling Calder
Year1924 (1924)
TypeSculpture
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
LocationBenjamin Franklin Parkway and 19th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

The Swann Memorial Fountain (also known as the Fountain of the Three Rivers) is an art deco fountain sculpture located in the center of Logan Circle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

  1. ^ Hayes, Margaret Calder, Three Alexander Calders, Paul S Eriksson Publisher, Middlebury, Vermont, 1977 p 162

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