Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Mining Disaster Memorial Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 439 | |
Manual Reference | CAER012 | |
Type | Readymade | |
Title | Mining Disaster Memorial | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | 1981 | |
Unveiling details | 14th October 1981 | |
Road | ||
Precise Location | At gates of Nant-y-Parc Primary School, off Commercial Street | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | ST117913 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Scaled-down colliery winding frame painted black. Set on brick plinth enclosed by railings. | ||
The explosion at Universal Colliery, Senghennydd in October 1913 was the worst mining accident in British mining history with the loss of 439 men and boys. 81 men and boys had lost their lives in an explosion at the same pit in 1901. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1981 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Bronze plaque set on inclined granite slab underneath memorial. Inscription in English and Welsh states that the memorial commemorates the 439 men who died in the explosion at Universal Colliery, Senghennydd on 14 October 1913 and the 81 men who died in the earlier accident in 1901. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Memorial | Steel | 488cm high |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
No damage | |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Good condition |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
