North Shields, Fish Quay, Dolphin Mooring Post

HER Number:
10897

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Fish Quay, Dolphin Mooring Post

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
362

Northing:
685

Grid Reference:
NZ362685

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