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Are the lamps on Kelvin Way Bridge the most ornate street lights in Glasgow? I think they might just be!
Sculpted by Paul Raphael Montford brtween 1914 and 1924, these lamps consist of four allegorial groups of larger than life figures representing eight aspects of Glasgow civil society: Peace and War, Navigation and Shipbuilding, Commerce and Industry; and Philosophy and Inspiration (the pair shown here).
#glasgow #sculpture #kelvinway #architecture #streetfurniture #streetlights #streetlamps
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