View of the 'Men of Steel' sculpture installation, showing metal pipe figures pushing polygons up the hill, on the riverbank below Sunderland Football Club's home ground the Stadium of Light

Date:
1980 - 2010
Location:
Men of Steel, Sunderland
Reference:
EFC01/01/03/126/45957
Type:
Photograph (Transparency)
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Description

The artworks were opened in 2001 and were designed by the artist Graeme Hopper. The large men were intended to pay homage to the hard, physical work of the traditional mining industries of the Sunderland and Wearmouth area.

Content

This is part of the Volume: EFC01/01/03/126 Sculpture; within the Sub Series: EFC01/01/03 Public Building Types; within the Series: EFC01/01 Series of 35mm slides; within the Collection: EFC01 Edifice Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lewis, Philippa: Edifice

Keywords

Sculpture