Public Art Trail Bluebird Contained
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Public Art Trail Bluebird Contained
Image: © Chris Thomas-Atkin Taken: 15 Dec 2017
One of the five Sculptures on the Burgess Hill Green Circle Public Art Trail. This is 'Bluebird Contained' which commemorates the lives of Engineers: Eric Arthur (1912-1998), Kenneth William (1921-2005) & Lewis Hunt Norris (1924-2009). The Sculpture is situated at Grassmere Meadow. In 1952, Eric, Ken, and Lew set up ‘Norris Brothers’, an engineering consultancy in Burgess Hill and Donald Campbell approached them to design a boat to attempt the water speed record. The brothers created an all-metal hydroplane which became Bluebird K7 which achieved the water-speed record an unparalleled seven times for Britain between 1955 (202.32mph) and 1964 (276.33mph) before Campbell died at close to 300mph on Coniston Water in 1967. See Image The Sculpture was unveiled on 15th December 2017 in the presence of family members.
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