The Miners' Memorial
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The Miners' Memorial
Image: © David Rogers Taken: 22 Apr 2008
Situated at St Nicholas' Church Gardens on Lowther Street, this mosaic memorial was unveiled on 15 August 1998. The inscription in the form of a pit head winding wheel reads, "In memory of the one thousand two hundred men women and children who lost their lives in the Whitehaven coalmines 1597-1987".
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Image Location
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54.547718
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-3.587654