Commemoration
Following Stevens' death in 1936, shareholders in Trafford Park Estates subscribed to pay for a memorial. It was designed and executed by Arthur Sherwood Edwards, in the form of a 22-ton block of Welsh granite with a bronze portrait medallion and inscription. The memorial was unveiled on its original site, at the junction of Trafford Park Road and Ashburton Road, in October 1937. In 1993, the introduction of a new road layout resulted in its relocation to Wharfside Promenade, now the site of the Imperial War Museum North. When construction work began on the museum, the memorial was put into temporary storage before being relocated once again, to Trafford Park Village, at the junction of Third Avenue and Eleventh Street.
The memorial is inscribed:
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1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of Trafford Park as an industrial area is due. |
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