39-576: Invergowrie railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Invergowrie , west of the city of Dundee , Scotland on the north bank of the Firth of Tay . It is the only intermediate station between Dundee and Perth , on the Glasgow to Dundee line , approximately 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) from Dundee station – and only around 500 yards (460 metres) from the city's western boundary – and just over 17 miles (27 kilometres) from Perth. ScotRail, who manage
78-568: A publicity stunt to draw attention to social or political causes. Ed Drummond made the first such climb in 1978 for the Anti-Apartheid Movement , making use of the lightning conductor en route . On 30 March 1988, Joe Simpson and John Stevenson climbed the column as part of a Greenpeace Campaign against Acid rain . On 14 June 1992, it was climbed by Martin Cotterrel, Joe Simpson and John Stevenson on behalf of Greenpeace to protest against
117-578: A committee to raise a monument to Lord Nelson, funded by public subscription, and the Government agreed to provide a site in Trafalgar Square, in front of the newly completed National Gallery . A competition was held for designs with an estimated budget of between £20,000 and £30,000. The deadline for submissions was 31 January 1839. The winning entry, chosen by the sub-committee headed by the Duke of Wellington
156-589: A decorative urn in the Castle Green, Hereford – a statue was planned in place of the urn, but insufficient money was raised. The Britannia Monument in Great Yarmouth , England (1819), is a 144-foot-high doric column design. Elsewhere in the world, Nelson's Column in Montreal was erected by both Britons and Canadians in 1809, and there is also a Mount Nelson, near Invermere, British Columbia . As at London,
195-456: A few trains to/from Aberdeen or Arbroath to the east as extensions of the service to Dundee. There is no Sunday service. This article about a railway station in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Invergowrie Invergowrie ( / ˌ ɪ n v ər ˈ ɡ aʊ r i / ) is a village on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay to
234-541: A timetable upgrade that will see 200 additional services introduced across the Scotrail network from 2018. The c. 1900 footbridge is category C listed. An accident in October 1979 , due to a signal passed at danger, killed five people and injured 59 others. The station only has very basic facilities. Platform 2 has a small shelter, a bench and a payphone, whilst platform 1 only has a single bench. The only step-free access at
273-472: Is by Charles Harriott Smith . It was refurbished in 2006 at a cost of £420,000 (equivalent to £767,579 in 2023), at which time it was surveyed and found to be 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 m) shorter than previously supposed. The whole monument is 169 feet 3 inches (51.59 m) tall from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson's hat. In February 1838, a group of 121 peers, Members of Parliament (MPs) and other gentry formed
312-508: Is decorated with four bronze relief panels, each 18 feet (5.5 m) square, cast from captured French guns. They depict the Battle of Cape St. Vincent , the Battle of the Nile , the Battle of Copenhagen and the death of Nelson at Trafalgar . The sculptors were Musgrave Watson , William F. Woodington , John Ternouth and John Edward Carew , respectively. The ornate capital upon which Nelson stands
351-819: Is now in another local authority area: Angus . The Mylnefield weather station was owned by the Met Office and is located in Invergowrie. The A85 road runs to the northeast of Invergowrie, while the A90 road runs to the north and northwest of the village. ScotRail manages Invergowrie railway station and provides a roughly hourly train service on the Glasgow–Dundee line . Some eastbound services continue to Arbroath. Frequent bus services connect Invergowrie to Dundee, Perth and Fife. Stagecoach Strathtay operate services to Perth, Dundee City Centre and Kirkcaldy . Dundee Airport
390-571: Is now some way inland. This was an early Christian site, dedicated to St Curetán . An artistically important and well-preserved cross-slab carved on five faces from this site is on display in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh . Dating from the early 9th century, the front shows a cross decorated with interlace, the back three stylised clerics, one holding an object which may be a charter with appended seal , above two dragon-like creatures. This cross-slab
429-565: Is situated east of the village, providing flights to London City and Belfast City airports. Gauldie, Enid, The Quarries and the Feus, Waterside Press 1981 Phillips, Adam, The Parish of Longforgan, 1895 Nelson%27s column Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster , Central London , built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 's decisive victory at
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#1732868753419468-645: The Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he was killed by a French sniper. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of £47,000 (equivalent to £5,828,216 in 2023). It is a column of the Corinthian order built from Dartmoor granite. The statue of Nelson was carved from Craigleith sandstone by sculptor Edward Hodges Baily . The four bronze lions around its base, designed by Sir Edwin Landseer , were added in 1867. The pedestal
507-560: The Bull Ring, Birmingham , England, there is a Grade II* listed bronze statue of Nelson by Richard Westmacott , dating from 1809. Sir Richard Westmacott also designed the elaborate monument to Nelson in Liverpool . In Portsmouth , Nelson's Needle , on top of Portsdown Hill , was paid for by the company of HMS Victory after arriving back in Portsmouth. There is a column topped with
546-512: The Greater London Authority reported that tourists climbing onto the backs of the lions have caused considerable damage and recommended banning tourists from climbing them. The column was renovated and cleaned by sandblasting in 1968. The column was refurbished in 2006, during which time it was scaffolded from top to bottom for access. Steam cleaning was used, together with gentle abrasives, in order to minimise any harmful impact on
585-567: The Nautical Magazine , "in a private manner, owing to the noblemen and gentlemen comprising the committee being absent from town". Construction of the monument, by the contractors Grissell and Peto , progressed slowly, and the stonework, ready for the installation of the statue, was not completed until November 1843. In 1844, the Nelson Memorial Committee ran out of money, having only raised £ 20,485 in public subscriptions, and
624-504: The 20th century and the quarry filled with water. The former quarry can be seen as you leave Invergowrie station by train heading to Perth and now looks like a large lake. Until 1967, the main source of work in the village was a paper mill. The legend of the Gows o' Gowrie, stones supposed thrown by the devil around Invergowrie. The prophecy comes from a verse by Thomas the Rhymer (circa 1280). "When
663-512: The Government, in the form of the Office of Woods and Forests took over the project. Installation of the bronze reliefs on the pedestal did not begin until late 1849, when John Edward Carew's depiction of the death of Nelson was put in place on the side facing Whitehall. This was followed early the next year by William F. Woodington 's relief of the Battle of the Nile on the opposite side. Carew's relief
702-623: The Yowes o' Gowrie come to land, The Day o' Judgement's near at hand" Where the stones are, if they exist, has not been quite agreed. There is a "Deil's stone" at Greystanes, behind the Hilton hotel, surrounded by a Victorian fence. There is also a lump of rock which used to be called "the Paddock Stone" or the "Fairy Stone" in the wood situated on the Waterside road, near the quarry. It was said another stone
741-408: The bronze and stonework. The £420,000 cost was covered by Zurich Financial Services , which advertised on the scaffolding for the duration of the work. Before restoration began, laser surveys were taken during which it was found that the column was significantly shorter than the usually quoted 185 ft (56.4 m). In fact, it measures 169 ft (51.5 m) from the bottom of the first step to
780-509: The column's base were not added until 1867. At one stage they were intended to be of granite, and the sculptor John Graham Lough was chosen to carve them. However, in 1846, after consultations with Railton, he turned down the commission, unwilling to work under the restrictions imposed by the architect. Thomas Milnes received the commission in 1858, and produced four full-scale models in sandstone, each individualised to represent Peace, War, Vigilance and Determination. These were rejected, and
819-418: The commission was transferred, again, to Sir Edwin Landseer . Subsequently mill owner Sir Titus Salt bought the statues instead for a civic building at the centre of his workers village, installed on pedestals in 1869. The four sandstone Lions now have Grade II* listed building status. The sculptures eventually installed were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer in collaboration with Baron Marochetti . Landseer
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#1732868753419858-415: The competition caused it to be re-run. Railton submitted a slightly revised design, and was once again declared the winner, with the stipulation that the statue of Nelson should be made by EH Baily. The original plan was for a column 203 feet (62 m) high, including the base and statue, but this was reduced to 170 feet (52 m) with a shaft of 98 feet (30 m) due to concerns over stability. The base
897-407: The corpse of one to work with. Delays in completing the work meant that the corpse started to decompose, leading to some discrepancies in form. The paws, for example, were based on those of a cat, and the sculpted lion's backs are concave rather than convex. The sculptures were eventually installed in 1867. Landseer was paid £6,000 for his services, and Marochetti £11,000. In 2011, consultants for
936-588: The death of five people and 50 injuries. Invergowrie is located on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay, with the Invergowrie Bay located just to the east and south of the village. The village is included in the Dundee 'settlement' (contiguous built-up area defined by populated postcodes) along with Monifieth on the east side of the city, which similarly to Invergowrie was previously administered as part of Dundee but
975-727: The first Earth Summit meeting in Brazil. On 13 April 1995, Simon Nadin free-climbed Nelson's Column with Noel Craine, Jerry Moffatt and Johnny Dawes following on top rope, and graded the climb as "E6 6b/5a". This protest time was on behalf of Survival International to publicize the plight of Canadian Inuit . On 13 May 1998, the Column was climbed by Al Baker, Peter Morris and John Cunningham on behalf of Greenpeace to protest against Old growth logging activity in British Columbia . In May 2003, BASE jumper and stuntman Gary Connery parachuted from
1014-562: The station is between Station Road and platform 2, although the ramp has a moderate gradient. The platforms are linked by a footbridge. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April. As of May 2023, there is a roughly hourly service which calls here to both Glasgow Queen Street and Dundee. A small number of extra trains run at peak times to/from Perth, and there are also
1053-872: The station, provide all the services. It was built by the Dundee and Perth Railway , a constituent company of the Scottish Central Railway and later the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1848. It has been threatened with closure on several occasions since the 1950s, narrowly avoiding the Beeching Axe and being reprieved again by British Rail in 1985 (unlike neighbouring Errol , which closed in September that year). Transport Scotland announced in March 2016 that Invergowrie would be one of several stations to benefit from
1092-577: The tip of the admiral's hat. John Noakes of the BBC TV children's programme Blue Peter climbed the column in 1977. Television presenter and entertainer Gary Wilmot climbed the column in 1989 for LWT's Six O' Clock Show to recreate the 'topping out' ceremony of 1843. Dressed in Victorian attire and sporting a boater hat, Wilmot enjoyed tea and sandwiches at the top of the column before climbing down. The column has also been climbed on several occasions as
1131-638: The top of the column, in a stunt designed to draw attention to the Chinese policies in Tibet . In December 2015, Disney paid £24,000 to cover it in lights to make it resemble a giant lightsaber, to promote Star Wars: The Force Awakens . On 18 April 2016, in the early hours of the morning, Greenpeace activists climbed up the column and placed a breathing mask on Admiral Lord Nelson in protest of air pollution levels. The first civic monument to be erected in Nelson's honour
1170-501: The top was sculpted by Edward Hodges Baily R.A. from three pieces of Craigleith sandstone donated by the Duke of Buccleuch, former chairman of the Nelson Memorial Committee, from his own quarries. The statue stands on a fluted column built from solid blocks of granite from the Foggintor quarries on Dartmoor . The Corinthian capital is made of bronze elements, cast from cannon salvaged from
1209-494: The west of Dundee . Historically part of Perthshire , it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of Perth and Kinross . The old parish church, a roofless 16th century building currently in poor condition, survives on a mound in the old kirkyard, by the Gowrie Burn. This site was formerly close to the sea; much land has been reclaimed from the Firth of Tay in recent times, and it
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1248-700: The wreck of HMS Royal George at the Woolwich Arsenal foundry. It is based on the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome , and was modelled by C. H. Smith. The bronze pieces, some weighing as much as 900 pounds (410 kg) are fixed to the column by the means of three large belts of metal lying in grooves in the stone. The column also had a symbolic importance to Adolf Hitler . If Hitler's plan to invade Britain, Operation Sea Lion , had been successful, he planned to move it to Berlin . The four identical bronze Barbary lions at
1287-409: Was a design by William Railton for a Corinthian column , surmounted by a statue of Nelson, and flanked by four sculpted lions . Flights of steps would lead up between the lions to the pedestal of the column. Several other entrants also submitted schemes for columns. The second prize was won by Edward Hodges Baily who suggested an obelisk surrounded by sculptures. Criticism of the organisation of
1326-603: Was a hugely popular painter and the favourite of Queen Victoria. Their design may have been influenced by Marschalko János's lions at each abutment to the Széchenyi Lánchíd (Chain Bridge) in Budapest, installed six years before the Trafalgar Square lions were commissioned. Landseer requested casts of a real lion from Turin which did not arrive until 1860. In the meantime, he made sketches of lions at London Zoo and eventually received
1365-511: Was cast by Adams, Christie and Co. of Rotherhithe. The other three were cast by Moore, Fressange and Moore. The last to be made, The Battle of Cape St. Vincent became the subject of legal action, when it was discovered that the bronze had been adulterated with iron. The partners in the company were jailed for fraud and the relief was completed by Robinson and Cottam. It was finally put in place in May 1854. The 5.5-metre (18 ft 1 in) statue at
1404-558: Was formerly built into a window of the medieval church, along with another smaller, damaged example, also now in Edinburgh (not on display). The village was formerly part of the estate of Mylnefield. The quarry at Invergowrie supplied important sites around the UK, stone being included in the base of Nelson's column and St Katherine's Docks in London. The quarry workers hit a spring at the beginning of
1443-544: Was left in Invergowrie Bay, but that is now covered in silt and not visible. The Parish of Longforgan, by Adam Phillips, contains several paragraphs on the subject. The stones are of course glacial deposits. There was also the large Victorian house called "The Gows", now part of the Invergowrie Technology Park. On 22 October 1979 a rail crash occurred after a warning signal was ignored resulting in
1482-570: Was the Nelson Monument , a 44-metre high obelisk on Glasgow Green in Glasgow , Scotland, in 1806. Also in Scotland, the foundation stone for Nelson's Tower at Forres in Moray was laid in 1806 and it was completed in 1812; while the Nelson Monument stands on top of Calton Hill, Edinburgh . In Dublin , Ireland, Nelson's Pillar was erected in 1808 but was destroyed by republicans in 1966, and in
1521-426: Was to have been of granite and the shaft of Craigleith sandstone , but before construction began it was decided that the shaft should also be of granite. Excavations for the brick foundations had begun by July 1840. On 30 September 1840, the first stone of the column was laid by Charles Davison Scott, honorary secretary of the committee (and son of Nelson's secretary, John Scott), at a ceremony conducted, according to
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