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| The Concrete Elephant | |
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| Trollope & Colls White Elephant | |
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| Artist | Barbara Jones |
| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Concrete |
| Subject | Elephants, Piping |
| Location | Camberley, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°19′59″N 0°46′16″W / 51.33305°N 0.77101°W / 51.33305; -0.77101 |
The Concrete Elephant is a sculpture and local landmark standing along the A30 in Camberley on approach to The Meadows roundabout.
It was created by Barbara Jones for Trollope & Colls for the Lord Mayor's Show held on the 19 November 1963, carried on a yellow low loader with a pink and grey cab behind a person dressed as a zebra carrying a zebra crossing pole and light and a red post office telephone box. It was to represent their pioneering use of reinforced concrete in pipework.
The piece was installed in its current location in 1964, when Trollope & Colls gained permission to sit the elephant at the entrance to their yard off the A30 London Road. Over the years the sculpture has faced a number of damages, in 1982 part of the trunk fell off, in 1993 the ears were stolen, and in November 1987, it was painted over with large black spots.
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References
- "Watch Davis Family Films: USA – Lord Mayor's Show, Blackfriars (1963) online - BFI Player". player.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- "The Concrete Elephant". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Concrete elephant's 50th birthday trumpeted in Camberley". SurreyLive. Retrieved 2 May 2022.