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NS2876 : Equus Clutha

taken 9 years ago, near to Greenock, Inverclyde, Great Britain

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Equus Clutha

Known locally as "Ginger", 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 : Equus Clutha

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

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

Other sculptures from around the district include the Sir Stanley Spencer panels at the former Glen shipyard site
NS3174 : Sir Stanley Spencer sculpture & NS3174 : Sir Stanley Spencer sculpture

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Grid Square: NS2876, 545 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Thomas Nugent (find more nearby)
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
Camera Location: OSGB36: NS 282 760
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)