Ginger the horse:: OS grid NS2876 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NS2876 : Ginger the horse

near to Greenock, Inverclyde, Great Britain

Ginger the horse

A sculpture by Andy Scott Link

at the east end of Cathcart Street. Ginger was a real cart horse, employed to move sugar between the docks and the sugarhouses, that drowned on 23 October 1889 in the former Albert Harbour.

The floodlit Greenock Customhouse can be seen in the background.

Inverclyde sculptures

Several sculptures which were commissioned by local enterprise company Riverside Inverclyde Link to brighten up the approaches to the town centres in Port Glasgow, Greenock and Gourock.

From east to west, the sculptures are as follows...

Endeavour, by Malcolm Robertson
NS3274 : Endeavour at Port Glasgow

Ginger the Horse, by Andy Scott
NS2876 : Ginger the horse

Egeria the Wood Nymph, by Andy Scott
NS2776 : Egeria The Wood Nymph

Girl with a Suitcase, by Angela Hunter
NS2477 : Girl With A Suitcase

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year taken

2011

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Grid Square: NS2876, 184 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Thomas Nugent (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 18 November, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 19 November, 2011
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Roads, Road transport City, Town centre
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 282 760 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.8019N 4:45.1254W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NS 282 760
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)