Mercury - Rochester
Here you see the statue of Mercury atop the Aqueduct/West Group Building which is at the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets in downtown Rochester. The 21-foot, 700-pound copper statue of the Roman god of commerce was originally installed on the smokestack of William Kimbal's tobacco factory in 1881. The Kimbal Factory was demolished in 1951 to make room for rhe Rochester Community War Memorial Arena, the present site of the Blue Cross Arena. The statue was placed in storage until 1973, when it was installed on the Aqueuct/West Group Building, a block north of its original home.
Mercury - Rochester
Here you see the statue of Mercury atop the Aqueduct/West Group Building which is at the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets in downtown Rochester. The 21-foot, 700-pound copper statue of the Roman god of commerce was originally installed on the smokestack of William Kimbal's tobacco factory in 1881. The Kimbal Factory was demolished in 1951 to make room for rhe Rochester Community War Memorial Arena, the present site of the Blue Cross Arena. The statue was placed in storage until 1973, when it was installed on the Aqueuct/West Group Building, a block north of its original home.