Parkway Man by Jason Thomson (2001)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Parkway Man by Jason Thomson (2001) by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 7 Dec 2012
This mammoth steel figure stands in Bowden Housteads Woods staring at passing traffic on the Sheffield Parkway. He represents the legions of Sheffielders who devoted and continue to devote their working lives to the production of steel.