Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial
Lincoln Tank Memorial

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The artwork celebrates the centenary of Lincoln as the birthplace of the tank. It depicts an uncompleted Mark 1 tank with male and female workers and the figures of Sir William Tritton, William Rigby and Major Walter Wilson, the team at William Foster & Co. who designed the first tanks during the First World War.
Title

Lincoln Tank Memorial

Medium

weathering steel

Accession number

LN6_PR_S006

Acquisition method

funded by private and corporate donation

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

10th May 2015

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on the brick plinth on the north and south sides is the name of the company that produced the First World War tanks in back relief letters: WM. FOSTER & CO LTD ENGINEERS.; on the west and east faces are circular black plaques giving information on the dedication of the sculpture and naming the major donors

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Located at

A57, Lincoln

LN6 7DB

Located on the roundabout at junction of A57 Brayford Way, A57 Ropewalk and A1192 Tritton Road.