Administered by State of New Hampshire Liquor Commission Storrs Street, P. O. Box 503 Concord New Hampshire 03302
Located New Hampshire State Liquor Outlet #76 Interstate 95, P. O. Box 2081 Retention ponds Hampton New Hampshire 03843
Date:
1996. Installed April 29, 1996
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1996.
Image on file.
Portsmouth (NH) Herald, April 26, 1996.
(On two of the cormorants:) I-95 (On remaining birds, in script:) W. Liff/'96 signed
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Summary:
Site installation along the top of an earthen retaining wall between two retaining ponds. The installation consists of a line of 18 silhouettes of cormorants and herons. The birds are depicted in various poses and are placed directly in the ground. The welded Cor-Ten steel sculptures are connected with buried rebar.
