Located next to Wandsworth Bridge in Fulham, Carnwath Road Riverside is one of three 'main drive sites' - from which our tunnel boring machines begin building the main tunnel.
This site is made up of two parts; a main site (which includes Whiffin Wharf, Hurlingham Wharf, Carnwath Road Industrial Estate and an area of the River Thames foreshore) and a small highways work site.
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Sarah Staton
Standing Heron and Heron in Flight
Sarah researched the site’s history, exploring Tideway’s Heritage Interpretation Strategy (HIS), which for the West section of the tunnel is themed around ‘Recreation to Industry: Society in Transition’. The site-specific history of Carwath Riverside identifies a trajectory from the low-lying riverside common land becoming private land, giving over to industry, and returning again to a new public space.
Sarah conceived the two-part artwork Standing Heron and Heron in Flight in celebration of the beautiful herons that can be seen flying upstream or wandering here on the foreshore. The artist was delighted to discover that the heron features as a recurring motif on 19th-century de Morgan ceramics. One bird is placed at the river end of the site, and the other, is directly visible when approaching the site from Carnwath Road.