page_title: Coronation Drive retaining wall
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Coronation Drive retaining wall / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Coronation Drive (North Quay) Retaining Wall (2008)
context_page_description: Coronation Drive Retaining Wall is a heritage-listed embankment at Coronation Drive, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as the North Quay retaining wall. It was designed by Thomas Kirk and built from 1887 to 1887 by George E Willcocks. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
context_section_description: A mass concrete wall topped by a brick parapet wall and wrought iron railing which extends for a length of about 200 metres (660 ft) along the northern river bank between Boomerang Street and Eagle Terrace. It is built into bedrock at depths varying from 3 to 8 metres (9.8 to 26.2 ft). The wall, which is almost 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) thick at ground level extends by a series of gradations to thicknesses between 1.2 and 2.4 metres (3 ft 11 in and 7 ft 10 in) at the base. The view of the wall from the road reveals only the brick piers and decorative wrought iron railings of the parapet wall. At either end of the wall are marble plaques inscribed with the words "James Hipwood Mayor 1887". Beneath the parapet wall the concrete retaining wall is visible from the bike path and from the river.
caption: Retaining wall, as seen from the bikepath, 2008
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