Blantyre Colliery Explosion Centenary Memorial 1877-1977
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Blantyre Colliery Explosion Centenary Memorial 1877-1977
Image: © G Laird Taken: 17 Jan 2010
Erected by the community of Blantyre to commemorate the centenary of the explosion at Dixon's No. 3 Pit on the 22nd of October 1877 in which over 200 men and boys were killed. Blantyre Old Parish Church in the background.
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Image Location
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