Exterior view of a wooden bench with a metal whale fin back, commemorating the 1910 Wellington Pit Explosion, Millennium Promenade, Whitehaven

Date:
12 Sep 2007
Location:
Millennium Promenade, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria
Reference:
DP044359
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The inscription on the bench reads '1910 Wellington Pit Explodes Taking the Lives of 136 Men and Boys'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/10909 Whitehaven, Cumbria; within the Volume: BF111797 Heritage of Coastal Towns Project; within the Series: EHC01/124 Heritage of Coastal Towns Project; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Williams, Peter

Keywords

20th Century Bench, 20th Century Commemorative Monument