Fin
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Patinated fluke tails depicting a disappearing, diving whale. Bench seats are inset below the fins, which act as backrests and are inscribed with historical events marking the town's industrial and maritime past.
Title

Fin

Date

2000

Medium

bronze & wood

Accession number

CA28_RT_S075

Acquisition method

commissioned by the W3M Charitable Foundation

Work type

Street furniture

Custodian

Whitehaven Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

1910 WELLINGTON PIT EXPLODES TAKING THE LIVES OF 136 MEN AND BOYS / 1876 QUEEN’S DOCK, WHITEHAVEN’S FIRST WET DOCK, OPENED AND NAMED AFTER QUEEN VICTORIA / 1847 THE EARL OF LONSDALE AND GEORGE STEVENSON BRING RAILWAYS TO WHITEHAVEN / 1782 DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SET UP WHITEHAVEN SHIPYARD WHICH BECOMES CUNARD IN THE 19TH C / 1778 AMERICANS LED BY JOHN PAUL JONES RAID WHITEHAVEN WITH LIMITED SUCCESS / 1729 CARLISLE SPEDDING SINKS SALTOM PIT, ENGLAND’S FIRST UNDERSEA MINE / 1324 THE EARLIEST COAL MINING ACTIVITIES ARE RECORDED OR ARROWTHWAITE WHITEHAVEN / 1299 THE WHITEHAVEN SHIP MARRIOT ON THE CAPT. SCOTT CARRIES CORN FOR EDWARD’S ARMY / 1122 CREATION OF THE BARONY OF COPELAND BY HENRY L. / 1092 WILLIAM LL RUFUS, THE RED, INVADES CUMBRIA AND TAKES THE AREA FROM SCOTLAND / 1660 SIR JOHN LOWRTHER SECURES WHITEHAVEN‘S MARKET CHARTER FROM CHARLES LL 1599 ACQUISITION OF THE WHITEHAVEN ESTATES BY THE LOWTHER FAMILY BEGINS. 1415 LOVE THE FAMILY FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. 1699 MILDRED GALE, GRANDMOTHER OF US PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON, SETTLES IN WHITEHAVEN.

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Located at

The Harbour, Whitehaven

CA28 7LR