The Steel Wave - Newport, Gwent, Wales
N 51° 35.370 W 002° 59.666
30U E 500385 N 5715382
The Steel Wave a 40 feet high & 100 feet long sculpture, is featured on Virtual Globetrotting. Located alongside the River Usk in Newport, Gwent, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMPH0H
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/30/2015
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The Steel Wave was made using 50 tons of sheet steel and stands 14 metres high x 35 metres long. The sculpture is the centrepiece of a riverside promenade created out of a left over space resulting from a dual carriageway built in the sixties, which had separated the town from its river.
"Steel Wave sculpture at Newport - "Standing on the riverbank at a place once known as Town Reach where commercial and passenger wharves were thriving from the early 1800s, is the sculpture 'Steel Wave' by Peter Fink. It reflects Newport's history of steel manufacturing and the foundation of the town on the banks of the rivers Usk. Erected in 1990, the sculpture was made using 50 tons of sheet steel and stands 14 metres high x 35 metres long." Text Source: (
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