Detail View: SHIMMER: Heeley Sidings
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Title:
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Heeley Sidings
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Creation Date:
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1975
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Image Date:
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1999
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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steel - stainless , bronze
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Display Creator:
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JOHNSON, Michael
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Image ID:
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99-2623
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Description:
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Detail showing coupling links cast in bronze and set in stainless steel in the central portion of the sculpture. Location: Heeley Retail Park, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield S8. Entrance to the site is opposite Beeton Road. (A-Z p.110 2D) Description: Elements of machinery cast in bronze and encased in an open stainless steel column. Ht: c. 5m. Diameter at base c. 1.3m. Commission: GUD Pension Trust with J.F.Finnegan. Comment: An onsite plaque at the base of the column reads: 'HEELEY SIDINGS / BY MIKE JOHNSON / THIS SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY / GUD PENSION TRUST IN CONJUNCTION / WITH J.F.FINNEGAN LTD. AS PART OF / SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL'S PER CENT / FOR ARTS POLICY / THE WORK REFERS TO THE FORMER USE / OF THE SITE AS A RAILWAY SIDINGS / NOVEMBER 1998'
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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JOHNSON, Michael
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Steel, Stainless
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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