2012
NZ2563 : 'Rise & Fall' & Brett's Oil tanks at night
taken 12 years ago, near to Gateshead, England
'Rise & Fall' & Brett's Oil tanks at night
Illuminated art installation
NZ2563 : Sculpture echoing High Level bridge arches and the tanks of Bretts Oil
NZ2563 : Brett Oil Works situated on Gateshead's Pipewellgate, just upstream of the High Level Bridge. There is a closer view with a shorter exposure, taken just before the lights came on in the yard, here
NZ2563 : 'Rise & Fall' & Brett Oil tanks at night
Bretts Oil & Grease Co. was founded in 1887 on the site of Joseph Price's Glassworks. It was initially a major supplier of oil for lighting and later supplied a range of lubricants for the shipbuilding, steel making and coal mining industries. The standing buildings date from 1927.
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