The Southwark Needle

Recorded date

1998

Artist

Ketton Architectural Masonry and Eric Parry Architects

Artwork kind

obelisk

What is recorded here

The Southwark Needle is an obelisk in London Borough of Southwark, England.

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Photo credits

• William Heysham Overend, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Mike Pennington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Gerald England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Basher Eyre, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Martin Kerans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• pam fray, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Todd Keator, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Robin Sones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rosalind Mitchell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Edwardx, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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