Slocum Memorial Fountain
Address:
Tompkins Square Park
E 10th Street
Manhattan
Category: Monuments
Erected: 1906
Sculptor: Jonathon Scott
Description: The fountain made of pink Tennessee marble featuring a lionshead spout and a relief of two children looking out to sea commemorates the 1,021 lives lost when the triple-decker wooden side paddler "General Slocum" caught fire in the East River on June 15, 1904. The charter boat was carrying German immigrants, most from the surrounding neighborhood, to an annual picnic when fire forced the craft to beach on North Brother Island. Every year a ceremony is held to honor the victims.
