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| ArtistMaker: | DISLEY, Mike | 
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| TitleOfWork: | 'Wath Railway Crash Memorial' | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | view of memorial | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1997-1998 | |
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| Medium: | stone | |
| Location: | On the pavement of Doncaster Road where it runs alongside the end of Fairfield Park | |
| AtoZReference: | p. 42 5A | |
| Postcode: | ||
| Street: | Doncaster Road | |
| TownOrVillage: | Wath upon Dearne | |
| AreaInTown: | Fairfield Park | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Rotherham | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | r009b | |
| Description: The front of a steam locomotive mounted on a pedestal. Inscription: On the front face of the locomotive: GILBERT & ELLIS ISLANDS beneath this is the number: 45609 On the front of the pedestal: THIS STONE COMMEMORATES / THE WATH RAILWAY CRASH / OF 18TH MAY 1948 / WHEN 8 PEOPLE DIED / AND 55 WERE INJURED / IT ALSO SERVES AS A / TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO / ASSISTED IN THE RESCUE Commission: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Presumably to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the crash but also as part of the Fairfield Park development. |
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