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| TitleOfWork: | 'The Price of Coal' | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | View of wheel looking towards Dearne Valley Leisure Centre | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1986 | |
| Dimensions: | 194cm high x 550cm wide x 210cm deep | |
| Medium: | metal, brick and stone | |
| Location: | Entrance to Dearne Valley Leisure Centre at Grey's Bridge | |
| AtoZReference: | p.58 1A | |
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| Street: | Doncaster Road | |
| TownOrVillage: | Denaby Main | |
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| MetropolitanBorough: | Doncaster | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | d072a | |
| Description: A pithead wheel with its lowest third sunk in concrete and surrounded with a brick wall topped with a stone coping. Inscription: Three plaques side by side on the top of the wall below the wheel: THE PRICE OF COAL / Site of Denaby Main Colliery / 1868 - 1968 / During the hundred years of production at this pit / 203 men and boys lost their lives. / The Colliery wheel stands as their memorial. / Plaque unveiled by County Councillor K.B. Willers. / Chairman of the Environmental Committee / South Yorkshire County Council DENABY MAIN / COLLIERY RECLAMATION SCHEME / Mineshafts sunk 1864 / Filling commenced 20th August 1985 by / County Councillor K.B. Willers, Chairman / Environmental Committee, South Yorkshire / County Council, and Mr M.S.Shelton / Deputy Director (Administration), NCB, / South Yorkshire Area In Memory of Jim MacFarlane, MA / 1930 - 1985 / He entered local government in 1980 and became / Leader of Doncaster / Metropolitan Borough Council in 1983 / A lecturer in Industrial Studies and Director of / NUM Courses at Sheffield University , he started / work at this colliery at the age of 14 / Unveiled by Councillor L.N.Hall, BEM, Mayor of Doncaster / 14th March 1986 |
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