About Albert Square, Manchester#Lincoln Square
Urban Environment, Cultural, Interesting Places, Sculptures
Neighbouring Lincoln Square, created in 1981, features:
- A fountain commemorating the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 (since converted into a flower bed)
- A statue of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States, by George Gray Barnard in the eponymous Lincoln Square was presented to the city by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1919 to mark the part that Lancashire played in the cotton famine and American Civil War of 1861–1865. The Lincoln statue was originally located in Platt Fields Park and was moved to the square in 1986.
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Queen Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M2 5HT