Memorial to Mining

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Memorial to Mining by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.

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Memorial to Mining

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 24 Mar 2014

The winding wheel was erected here in 2007 to commemorate the history of mining and miners in Bo'ness. Ironically, the wheel itself came from the Prince of Wales mine in Nottinghamshire.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.017245
Longitude
-3.609887