<P> It stands on the hill of Birtley, at Low Eighton in Lamesley, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the East Coast Main Line rail route, south of the site of Team Colliery . </P> <P> According to Gormley, the significance of an angel was three-fold: first, to signify that beneath the site of its construction, coal miners worked for two centuries; second, to grasp the transition from an industrial to an information age, and third, to serve as a focus for our evolving hopes and fears . </P> <P> Work began on the project in 1994, and cost £ 800,000 . Most of the project funding was provided by the National Lottery . The Angel was installed on 15 February 1998 . </P> <P> Due to its exposed location, the sculpture was built to withstand winds of over 100 mph (160 km / h). Thus, foundations containing 600 tonnes (590 long tons; 660 short tons) of concrete anchor the sculpture to rock 70 feet (21 m) below . The sculpture was built at Hartlepool Steel Fabrications Ltd using COR - TEN weather - resistant steel . It was made in three parts--with the body weighing 100 tonnes (98 long tons; 110 short tons) and two wings weighing 50 tonnes (49 long tons; 55 short tons) each--then brought to its site by road . The components were transported in convoy--the body on a 48 - wheel trailer--from their construction site in Hartlepool, up the A19 road to the installation site 28 miles (45 km) away; the nighttime journey took five hours and attracted large crowds . </P>

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