Show on map This mosaic depicting the merman legend on Skinningroves Riverside Building was unveiled by Mayor Olwyn Peters in March 2012
It was created by the Whitecliffe Primary School children under the supervision of Glynis Johnson
Theres also a nice set of tiles showing a row of local cottages.
Update : Looks like this was incomplete on my first visit as a dog has been added looking at the mermans fish.
Show on map I have previously covered some of the Ironstone Reminders around Lingdale, but since that post in 2009 some additional items have appeared such as this plaque.
This Lingdale Junction train sculpture was unveiled on 1st December 2011 and funded by Lingdale Liftoff
Also new is a plaque commemorating the mine workers from 1873 – 1962, including the 8 men killed in an underground gas explosion on Monday 24th August 1953
John Butcher (48), Jack Breckon (65), Tom Breckon (34), Anthony Carter (19), William Grayson (16), Jack Ward (28), Charles Bottomley (26) and Jack Davison(52)
7 of the 15 men in the explosion survived and I recently saw the grave of Anthony McCormick who was 18 at the time. His grave in Redcar cemetary records the event.
Show on map The 1250 Ton Testing Machine in this building was used by Dorman Long to test the girders for the Sydney Harbour Bridge amongst many others.
The site is now run by Durham Lifting and their website carries the following detail :-
The largest testing house in the UK holds Lloyds approval to undertake tensile and compressive testing up to 1250 tons. Its 50ft long bed can accept specimens 30ft wide and up to 4ft deep. The recent manufacture of a 1.6 mechanical advantage lever assembly for the test machine now allows tensile testing of 2000 Ton to be carried out.
Show on map Fortunately I only had to walk a couple of minutes from my front door to capture this one.
A large convoy of promotional lorries came through first to get everyone hyped up.
I’ll have to search for myself taking this photo.
Then the torch arrived.
I’m not sure who the torchbearer is there as he doesn’t seem to be any of the people listed on the official website for this section.
Show on map This piece seems to be known simply as ‘Redcar Figures Sculpture’ by J Tweedy in 1999
There’s a mermaid, lifeboatman and Captain Cook (a tenuous link, his sister and father have Redcar connections)
A pirate complete with parrot, hook, eye-patch and peg-leg ? (i’ve never heard of any association of Redcar with pirates real or fictional)
Finally theres a genuine piece of Redcar history with Gertrude Bell on a camel.
Show on map This signal box has fallen victim to the vandals and arsonists (as has much of Port Clarence). I don’t know its actual construction date, but it appears between the 1915 and 1917Â editions of the OS maps.
I’ve found reports of a fire destroying it in 2006
Show on map The Hopper family bought Newham Grange in 1809, a stone by the gates remains from a building dating from August 1840 laid by Isaac Hopper
A second plaque from 1847, still on a building also bears his name.
The farm was sold to the Council by Albert Hopper in 1976 as the land around it became the town of Coulby Newham and the A174 parkway, the farm itself has since become a tourist attraction.
Show on map This bench at Newham Grange Farm was carved from oak by Keith Alexander, it was originally part of an art project about the wildlife on Marton West Beck.
Show on map Visible from the A19, this previously derelict 19th century windmill has happily been restored as a home and completed around 2008
Show on map Thanks to Dave Woods for pointing out that the work to renew the sea wall at Redcar has revealed something interesting. When the concrete has been removed from the area in front of the Park Hotel a solid sandstone wall has been revealed.
I suspect this might be short lived as the new sea wall will be going on top of it.
I’ve dug out an old photo which shows the same wall, although I have no idea of its date.
Update : This is hidden from view once more now the work in this area has progressed