Template:Did you know nominations/Malt Shovel (sculpture)
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The result was: promoted by Chipmunkdavis (talk) 17:04, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
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Malt Shovel (sculpture)
The Malt Shovel
- ... that a 9-metre tall (30 ft) Malt Shovel in Burton upon Trent, might actually be a scoop? "stainless steel, 9m high" from: Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-85323-989-5. and "The malt shovel, which dominates the corner of New Street and High Street has been a landmark in the town for almost 20 years ... Mr McPherson explained that the shovels that were used in the breweries were completely flat and the sculpture had raised sides which made it look like a scoop." from: Moody, Jenny (8 February 2020). "Why controversial Burton sculpture has divided opinion for 20 years". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ALT1:... that a 9-metre tall (30 ft) tall stainless steel Malt Shovel stands on a street corner in Burton upon Trent? Source per ALT0
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:50, 1 February 2021 (UTC).
- Reviewing
- Article is new enough, well written, neutral and supported by 2 inline citations.
- Long enough.
- Hooks are short enough, correctly formatted and supported by inline citation.
- No copyvio issue on Earwig.
- QPQ done.
