Ashton Munitions Explosion memorial
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Ashton Munitions Explosion memorial
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 7 Jan 2014
Erected within the St.Petersfield redevelopment area. Although the actual explosion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_munitions_explosion occurred a few hundred yards away, many local premises were affected, and one fatality, a child, resulted from glass falling from the roof of the swimming baths into the pool below. The sculpture http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/explosion.htm is placed close to the old baths building.
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Image Location
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53.484793
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-2.102285