Keywords: Cleopatra needle loading.jpg Placing the Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk in the Hold of the Steamship Dessoug on its way to Central Park in New York City 1880 Egypt and Its Betrayal An Account of the Country During the Periods of Ismaîl and Tewfik Pashas and of How England Acquired a New Empire Graphic from Page 169 Chapter XVI “ The Removal of the Obelisk that Documents its move from Alexandria to New York City Chapters XIV-XV documents the history of the New York City obelisk from its origins to how it came to rest in Central Park E E Farman was the US Consul at Cairo who secured the obelisk for the United States and New York City 1908 Elbert E Farman PD-old-100 Original upload log en wikipedia Cleopatra+needle+loading jpg wikitable - 2009-12-27 02 28 390×491× 232394 bytes Crossrich <nowiki>NYC Central Park Cleopatra's Needle 1880 loading into Steamship http //books google com/books id btJBAAAAIAAJ ots 26Q2SWpTfQ dq 22egypt 20and 20its 20betrayal 22 pg PA154 v onepage q f false Egypt and its Betrayal by Elbert E Farman 1908 Ch</nowiki> Check categories 2015 July 5 Cleopatra's Needle Cleopatra's Needle New York City |