This is a sculpture by Neil Hadlock's and it is situated at Marina Pier. It is a statue of a Europe family transit at Hull to America. It is made out of bronze. It is atop of block with description written on each side, 'Neil Hadlock's sculpture depicts a family from Northern Europe having left ship before continuing to Paragon Station then on by train to Liverpool then by ship to America, over 2, 200, 000 people passed through Hull and other Humber Ports to America between 1836 and 1914, statue donated 2001 to Kingston upon Hull by the Sea Trek Foundation of America as they retraced their descendants journey in Tall Ships from Northern Europe and This statue is located on the reclaimed land at 'The Bullnose' where ships waited for high tide before entering Humber Dock.' The craftsmanship of the sculpture is appealing and I really like the boy and the crab.
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ReplyDeleteDon't know if you've noticed, but there's a really bad error on the plinth:
ReplyDeleteIt reads "Statue donated 2001 to Kingston upon Hull by the Sea Trek Foundation of America as they retraced their descendants journey in Tall Ships from Northern Europe"
But surely, they were retracing their ancestors journey, not their descendants!
Cool.. You must've known Hull very well.
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