Hello Jacob! - a photo on Flickriver

Hello Jacob!

Jacob is The Circle dray horse, standing in the centre of this beautiful square (or should I say circle?!) The famous Courage dray horses were stabled on this site from the early 19thC & delivered beer around London from the brewery on Horselydown Lane by Tower Bridge. In the 16thC the area became known as Horselydown, which derives from horse-lie-down, a description of horses resting before crossing London Bridge into the City of London. Jacob was commisioned by Jacobs Island Company & Farlane Properties as the centrepiece of The Circle to commemorate the history of the site. He was flown over London by helicopter into Queen Elizabeth Street to launch The Circle in October 1987.
The stunning architecture - and Jacob - who is HUGE - is well worth a visit if you're ever in the City Hall/Potters Fields/Horselydown area of London!

ABCs & 123s: J is for Jacob.

Tenuous Link: draft beer > draft horse

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Tower Hill (show map)

Taken on: March 14, 2014

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