North Shields, Customs House Quay, wooden dolly 2

HER Number:
5961

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Customs House Quay, wooden dolly 2

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
The second wooden dolly was placed at Custom's House Quay by a Mr. Hare, sailmaker around 1850. It is thought also to have been a ship's figurehead, but nothing else is known of its origin. She stood on the spot until 1864.

Easting:
3583

Northing:
6820

Grid Reference:
NZ35836820

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Keith Armstrong (ed.), 1994, The Wooden Dolly - the story of the North Shields Wooden Dolly