Fish Quay, Dolphin Mooring Post

HER Number:
10897

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Fish Quay, Dolphin Mooring Post

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This sculpture of c. 1993, in timber, brick and metal, was designed and built by Freeform artists with the help of the community of John Spence School. These mooring posts were traditionally used in the River Tyne. The project was sponsored by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation with support from Swarland Brick Company, North Tyneside Council and Scottish and Newcastle Breweries.

Easting:
436200

Northing:
568500

Grid Reference:
NZ436200568500

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 81; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 156