ReLaunch - Selby, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 47.103 W 001° 03.911
30U E 627471 N 5961343
This sculpture stands in a waterfront garden on the bank of the River Ouse and depicts characters from the town's past.
Waymark Code: WMPHXW
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/04/2015
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The waterfront park was developed as part of a regeneration project to open up former industrial areas as a pleasant public space.
The sculpture is called "ReLaunch" and features 4 figures important to Selby's history. They can be thought of as the 4 M's, namely :
a Monk referencing Benedict and the Abbey)
a Miller (Selby's agricultural links, and the mills that used to line the Ouse)
a Miner (the Selby Coalfield of 1974-2004 - hope of a brighter future that wasn't to be) and
a Marine Engineer (to represent 500 years of shipbuilding on the Ouse).
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Above the men is a boat, its oars aloft
resembling stylised trees, represents progress propelled
by nature.
Below them the sculpture sits on a plinth of hand-made bricks designed to show the river wave or aegir from the River Ouse.
The River Ouse itself is tidal at Selby, with a range in height
of about 15 feet. A river wave or “aegir” moves up river
twice a day with the tide.