Show Cleo cleopatra patras needles needle Cleo patras needle fil in central park new york city Is 07 67 feet high to the 11 and 7 feet 7 inches in diameter a at t the base tile the two famous needles of cleopatra were first ere erected ted by Thoth mos III at and were in ptolemaic times tran transported t ed to alexandria ex one was taken thence to london in 1878 and the other to new york by the ship dessout Dess under the direction of commander gor rings U S N at the expense of william lium II if vanderbilt in 1880 it was erected in central park february 22 1881 |