Pye Hill Colliery Headstock Memorial, Underwood
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Pye Hill Colliery Headstock Memorial, Underwood
Image: © Garth Newton Taken: 26 Aug 2005
The wheel from the headstock stands as a tribute to the importance to Underwood of the mining industry and the plaque on the headstock reads "A memorial to Pye Hill Number 1 Colliery dedicated by the Bishop of Sherwood the Rt. Reverend R. Darby on 28th September 1985."
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Image Location
Latitude
53.052007
Longitude
-1.294616