Teessaurus Park
Teessaurus Park is a 10 acre[1] urban grassland recreational area and sculpture park opened in 1979[1][2][3][4] in the Riverside Park light industrial estate, Middlesbrough, on the southern bank of the river Tees. The route of the Teesdale Way passes through it. It was built on a former slag heap[1][5] in what was the Ironmasters district.[6] The park has its own small car park and has become something of a nature reserve.[7]
[edit] Sculptures
The park was started as a result of entering an Art to Landscape competition organised by the Sunday Times and the Arts Council.[1] Middlesbrough Council had commissioned a life size painted steel sculpture of a triceratops called Teessaurus[1] from Genevieve Glatt[1] that was fabricated by Harts of Stockton at a total cost of £16,000[1] and installed on a mound at the northern end of the park. The park was opened with this sculpture in 1979[2][3][4][6] and two baby triceratops were added later.[1] From 1987 onwards, a life size brachiosaurus, brontosaurus, mammoth, stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus sculptures were added at the sides of the park.[2][3][6][4] These sculptures were built by workers on the government Youth and Employment Training Scheme at Amarc Training and Safety.[3][6][8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Teessaurus". Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Kings College London. http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NE/MIAA17.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ a b c "Teessaurus Park". BBC Tees. BBC. 2007-07-12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/panoramas/tpark_360.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ a b c d "360 views: Teessaurus Park". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/360/tpark.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ a b c Stace, Alison; McNay, Michael; Thomas-Bailey, Carlene; Bell, Gavin; Cargill-Thompson, Jessica; Bennett, Oliver (2009-04-04). "Outdoor artworks". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/04/outdoor-artwork-sculptures-britain?page=all. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Inside the Tees Corridor" (PDF). Tees Wildlife. http://www.teeswildlife.org/Tees%20Corridor%2012pg%20A4.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ a b c d "Dinosaurs and Mammoth". Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Kings College London. http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NE/MIAA58.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Saving butterflies, moths and their habitats". Butterfly Conservation - Yorkshire Branch. http://www.yorkshirebutterflies.org.uk/recentsightings.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Dinosaur Park - Teessaurus Park". Riverside Park, Middlesbrough. http://riversideparkmiddlesbrough.blogspot.com/2009/06/dinosaur-park-teesaurus-park.html. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
[edit] External links
Images: BBC, Facebook, Flickr Coordinates: 54°35′22.3″N 1°14′52.9″W / 54.589528°N 1.248028°W
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