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Hovercraft Column, Somerleyton
The inscription reads:-
'THIS COLUMN WAS RAISED IN 2010 TO COMMEMORATE THE INVENTION OF THE HOVERCRAFT IN 1955 ON THE RIVER WAVENEY AT SOMERLEYTON BY CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL ENGINEER 1910 - 1999'
It is beautifully cut in four lines of Roman letters on a selected piece of Portland stone by prize-winning mason Marc Pate
The bronze is based on a copy of the Model Prototype which can be seen in the Flight Gallery of the Science Museum at South Kensington in London. Allowing for small casting differences it is very close to the size of the original that formed the basis of the first patent in December 1955. www.hovercraftsomerleyton.org.uk/testflight.htm
Hovercraft Column, Somerleyton
The inscription reads:-
'THIS COLUMN WAS RAISED IN 2010 TO COMMEMORATE THE INVENTION OF THE HOVERCRAFT IN 1955 ON THE RIVER WAVENEY AT SOMERLEYTON BY CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL ENGINEER 1910 - 1999'
It is beautifully cut in four lines of Roman letters on a selected piece of Portland stone by prize-winning mason Marc Pate
The bronze is based on a copy of the Model Prototype which can be seen in the Flight Gallery of the Science Museum at South Kensington in London. Allowing for small casting differences it is very close to the size of the original that formed the basis of the first patent in December 1955. www.hovercraftsomerleyton.org.uk/testflight.htm