2009
NZ2561 : Renforth Memorial, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead
taken 14 years ago, near to Gateshead, England
Renforth Memorial, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead
Monument to James Renforth, who died aged 29 in 1871. He was World Sculling Champion in 1868. His last race was an international between English and American crews on the River Kennebacassis in New Brunswick, Canada where he died due to 'congestion of the lungs'. The Canadians named a small town Renforth in his honour. The Renforth monument by sculptor George Burn shows the rower dying in the arms of his friend and crew member Henry Kelly. It originally stood in Gateshead's East Cemetery where Renforth was buried, but following vandalism in the 1980s it was moved into storage and then reinstated in 1992 outside the Shipley Art Gallery.
Tyne and Wear HER (7568): Gateshead, Prince Consort Road, Renforth Memorial Link
To the left, behind the monument is St George's Church NZ2561 : Durham Road, Gateshead
Tyne and Wear HER (7568): Gateshead, Prince Consort Road, Renforth Memorial Link
To the left, behind the monument is St George's Church NZ2561 : Durham Road, Gateshead
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- Grid Square
- NZ2561, 134 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 3 December, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 3 December, 2009
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NZ 2571 6177 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:56.9954N 1:36.0075W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NZ 2570 6178
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
