Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker
Corby Steelworker

© Michael Grevatte. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Christopher Smith / Art UK

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A statue of a steelworker wearing a flat cap, scarf and apron holding a ladle. Around the plinth are a series of low reliefs and the plinth has multiple dedications.
Title

Corby Steelworker

Date

1989

Medium

bronze

Measurements

Plinth: H 110 x W 135 x D 135 cm

Accession number

NN17_CS_S001

Acquisition method

commissioned by Corby Borough Council

Work type

Statue

Owner

Corby Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

25th August 1989

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

rear apron: M.GREVATTE

Inscription description

front small plaque: CORBY STEELWORKER / Unveiled by the Chairman of Corby District Council / Councillor Peter McGowan / 25th August 1989 / on the occasion of the Council’s 50th anniversary; large Left side plaque: PLUTO / THIS DEDICATION IS TO THE WORKERS / OF THE STEWARTS & LLOYDS TUBE WORKS / FOR THEIR PART IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF / THE VITAL PIPELINE USED DURING AND AFTER / THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN 1944 / CORBY STEEL WORKER / UNVEILED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CORBY DISTRICT COUNCIL / COUNCILLOR PETER MCGOWAN / 25TH AUGUST 1989 / ON THE OCCASION OF THE COUNCIL’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY; plinth Inset: IN MEMORY OF THE WORKERS KILLED AT WORK / REMEMBER THE DEAD AND FIGHT FOR THE LIVING / CORBY STEELWORKER / GMB CORBY COMMUNITY BRANCH

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Located at

George Street, Corby

NN17 1QB

Located in front of the council building known as 'The Cube'.