Artwork: "Dug-out Canoe found AD 1871"
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Artwork: "Dug-out Canoe found AD 1871"
Image: © Barbara Carr Taken: 17 Apr 2013
This artwork is on the wall on the left of Tontine Lane looking from Trongate, see Image The following information is from the booklet entitled 'The Merchant City Public Art Trail': "In 2001 artist Louise Crawford and architect Ian Alexander were invited to collaborate on a research project in the Merchant City ... This neon triptych is a result of their collaboration and was intended as the first in a series of signs which would make reference to the area's hidden past. One of the old maps that they came across in their research bore the words 'Dug-out Canoe found AD 1871' where the Tontine buildings now stand. The canoe was one of four uncovered in the city centre during various building works ... The sign brings attention to the fact that below the paving lies the riverbed mud of an ancient stream, or early River Clyde". The sign is illuminated each evening.
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Image Location
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55.85706
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