Shawnee Ohio Hocking valley coal miners statue
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N 39° 36.243 W 082° 12.725
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A statue dedicated to the hard working miners of the area.
Waymark Code: WMD170
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2011
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This is a bronze life sized statue that was dedicated September 3rd, 2011 during the Shawnee Ohio homecoming. This statue shows a miner hard at work in a tight coal seam on his knee removing material from the roof with his pick axe as this is the way many of the miners had to work, sometimes even worse than that on there backs or stomachs trying to remove the ore. He appears to be wearing the soft cap and carbide light from days gone by before mining safety improved. Also cast into the statue is the Knights of Labor insignia. (
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