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| ArtistMaker: | Park Gate Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (makers) | 
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| TitleOfWork: | ingot and colliery arches | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | view towards roundabout | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1966 | |
| Dimensions: | Height to centre of arch: 270 cm | |
| Medium: | iron; steel | |
| Location: | Roundabout between Great Eastern Way and Aldwarke Road | |
| AtoZReference: | p. 69 4F/G | |
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| Street: | Great Eastern Way and Aldwarke Road | |
| TownOrVillage: | Rawmarsh | |
| AreaInTown: | Parkgate | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Rotherham | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | r045a | |
| Description: Four large curved steel girders protruding from the ground. They meet and are welded together to a circular steel plate, which is located above an ingot planted in the ground. There is an information plaque on the ingot. Plaque: "RAWMARSH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL / THE INGOT AND STEEL COLLIERY ARCHES / WERE MADE BY THE / PARK GATE IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. / AND PLACED ON THIS SITE BY / THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL / COUNCILLOR A. HAWKE J.P. / ON THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL 1966 / TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE / NEW TOWN CENTRE COUNCILLOR K.R.SIMMONDS C.E.BELLOWS A.M.I..E., M.I.H.E. CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE ENGINEER & SURVEYOR" Commission: not known |
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