Parsons Polygon, Blackett Street
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Parsons Polygon, Blackett Street
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 9 Mar 2020
This monument in Newcastle's city centre commemorates Charles Parsons, the famous northeast engineer. Designed in 1985 by David Hamilton in terracotta, it has designs copied from Parsons' engineering drawings. It also contains a secret - an air shaft for the Monument Metro Station underneath.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.973871
Longitude
-1.613947