Image: Harry Ferguson sculpture, Hillsborough (geograph 3455072)
Description: A recently-erected sculpture, near the flyover J2358 : Flyover, Hillsborough (6) at the southern end of the Hillsborough bypass, commemorating Harry Ferguson (1884/1960) LinkExternal link an engineer and pioneer aviator, who was born at Growell between Hillsborough and Dromore. The following is a part-quotation from a press release issued by Lisburn City Council: “The sculpture is a joint venture between top Ulster sculptor John Sherlock OBE, and PF Copeland Ltd, one of Ireland’s leading metal fabricators, based in Newtownabbey. . . . . ”The sculpture shows his splendid aircraft as it’s just about to make its historic landing, with Harry waving to the watching crowds in celebratory mood. . . . . The overall sculpture is half-life size, and will be seen by up to 30,000 passing travellers each day on the A1 Dual Carriageway, under the Hillsborough Fly-over . . . . .This project was funded by Lagan Rural Partnership under the Rural Development Programme and Lisburn City Council”
Title: Harry Ferguson sculpture, Hillsborough (geograph 3455072)
Credit: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3455072
Author: Albert Bridge
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Attribution Required?: Yes
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
.jpg){kind=link}