Newdigate Colliery Winding Wheel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Newdigate Colliery Winding Wheel by Niki Walton as part of the Geograph project.
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Newdigate Colliery Winding Wheel
Image: © Niki Walton Taken: 12 Oct 2007
The Newdigate Colliery Winding Wheel was donated to the council by the National Coal Board, and was in use until the mine's closure on 5th February 1982 - the last mine in the borough to close. It was erected in tribute to local miners in Bedworth's Miners Welfare Park by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and was officially unveiled on 27th March 1986. Information taken from nearby commemorative plaque, just visibly behind the lower left of the wheel in this photo.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.477396
Longitude
-1.468887