2017

SD7108 : The Story of Bolton's Elephants

taken 6 years ago, near to Bolton, England

The Story of Bolton's Elephants
The Story of Bolton's Elephants
The two cast-iron elephants set above collectively weigh over 1 tonne and were originally set atop the gateposts of the Bolton Bleachworks on Chorley Street until 1977.

In 1978, following the demolition of the Bleachworks, the elephants were donated to Bolton and installed in Victoria Square where they proudly stood until 2014.

The three new colourful elephants, Ellie, Elner and Mr Jackbow, were named by young competition winners in 2007 and moved from Newport Street in 2015.

Bolton's five elephants were relocated to their new home in Octagon Square in 2016.

Kenneth Allen and Bill Nicholls have photographed Ellie, Elner and Mr Jackbow when they were on Newport Street: SD7108 : Bolton elephants (1) - SD7108 : Bolton elephants (2) - SD7108 : Elephants on parade. They now stand beside a play park to the left of the camera position. I only photographed two of them SD7108 : Two of Bolton's Elephants as a little boy and his mum were playing by the third and I didn't wish to disturb them.

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Geographical Context: City, Town centre Date: 1977 1978 2014 2007 2015 2016 other tags: Information Board Elephants Cast Iron Sculpture Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Newport Street [36] · Moved [9] · Colourful Elephants [4] Other Photos: · Two of Bolton's Elephants ·
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Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 23 December, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 December, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 7159 0899 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:34.6039N 2:25.8319W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 7159 0899
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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