In The Bulrushes
Introduction
The photograph on this page of In The Bulrushes by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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In The Bulrushes
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Feb 2014
In the Bulrushes was created in 2001 by sculptor William Pym who took inspiration from the nearby Manchester, Bury and Bolton canal and the industries that historically used the canal as their route of transport. The canal is thick with bulrushes and the artist imagined that objects lost a generation ago would be hidden forever among the reeds. The sculpture depicts a weaving shuttle with bulrush motifs and a small canal barge hidden in the bottom of the bulrushes, only visible close up. The sculpture is illuminated at night, making a beacon and a tower of enclosed light. This sculpture was the second* partnership between Irwell Sculpture Trail and the Irwell Valley Housing Association for a new social housing development at the site of the former Britannia Mills. * The first sculpture developed by the partnership was Image], in 1999.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.563026
Longitude
-2.331202