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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55.784805
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-4.106955