Fish Quay, Dolphin Mooring Post

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
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