Pretoria pit monument
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Pretoria pit monument
Image: © Margaret Clough Taken: 15 Dec 2005
On the borders of Hulton Park, this monument is near the site of the pithead of the Pretoria coalmine. On 21st December 1910 it was the scene of a tragic mining disaster in which 344 men and boys lost their lives.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.536198
Longitude
-2.476743