Stone Columns - 'The Gasworks' - Belfast
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A pair of stone columns by artist Claire Sampson (1995) at the Old Gasworks,Belfast.
Waymark Code: WMV1PJ
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 02/09/2017
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"The Gasworks fuelled Victorian Belfast’s rapid industrial growth. Its profits were the major source of funding for building the City Hall. It closed in 1988. Belfast City Council and the Laganside Development Corporation then undertook to create public gardens with commercial office space. The new entrance, flanked by sculpture columns depicting ‘Belfast Industry; past and future’, at the centre of the original radiating walkways, symbolises continuity between an industrious past and an exciting future. Historic buildings retained include The Administration Building with its fabulous stairway, and the Clock Tower, Meter House and Klondyke Building."
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The pieces by artist Claire Sampson (
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