2009

NZ2561 : Renforth Memorial, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead

taken 16 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

Renforth Memorial, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead
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 LinkExternal link

To the left, behind the monument is St George's Church NZ2561 : Durham Road, Gateshead

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Category: Monument > Monument
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · East [14] · Prince Consort Road [8] · Shipley Art Gallery [6] · St George's Church [5] ·
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NZ2561, 163 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 3 December, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 3 December, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2571 6177 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:56.9954N 1:36.0075W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2570 6178
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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