Nailing Home
Introduction
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Nailing Home
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 1 Jan 2012
Standing at the corner of Smyrna Street and Ainsworth Road, "Nailing Home" is the work of local sculptor, Jack Wright. It is part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwell_Sculpture_Trail#Nailing_Home ) The work was commissioned jointly by the Irwell Sculpture Trail and Irwell Valley Housing Association. It takes the form of enlarged frost nails. The stems of the nails are meant to suggest growth with the heads reminiscent of a house roof, thus representing The Irwell Valley Housing Association who have developed social housing on this site (Image]).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.564457
Longitude
-2.333629