Miner's lamp, Stadium of Light, Sunderland
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Miner's lamp, Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Image: © rob bishop Taken: 18 Mar 2006
Close to the new stadium, and the adjacent swimming pool, was the Pemberton Pit (see http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/w001.htm ) which for years boasted the deepest mine shaft in the world at 1794'. The miner's lamp is therefore a pertinent symbol of Sunderland's past.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.91336
Longitude
-1.386939