The Featherstone Massacre Memorial Arch - Featherstone, UK
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N 53° 40.550 W 001° 21.560
30U E 608374 N 5948705
This memorial arch was erected in the centre of a shopping precinct in Feathersone in 1993 to commemorate the centenary of the deaths of striking miners killed by the military.
Waymark Code: WM17BGK
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/20/2023
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The arch consists of pit props supporting the top of the arch which is made of half a winding wheel as used to winch men and equipment up and down a coal mine.
At the base of the arch is a plaque with details of the commemoration.
THE FEATHERSTONE MASSACRE
1893
THIS MEMORIAL RECORDS
THE CENTENARY OF AN
INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 7 1893
WHEN FOLLOWING A DISTURBANCE
IN FEATHERSTONE THE RIOT ACT
WAS READ AND IN THE ENSUING
MILITARY ACTION TROOPS
OPENED FIRE ON THE
DEMONSTARTORS, KILLING
JAMES GIBBS AND JAMES
ARHUR DUGGAN AND
WOUNDING SEVERAL
OTHERS
THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER
CHAPTER IN THE STRUGGLE
BY MINERS FOR BETTER PAY
AND WORKING CONDITIONS
1993
MEMORIAL ARCH JULIA BARTON
PUBLIC ARTS
Type: Gateway
Subtype: Memorial
Location: The Precinct (shopping Area) off Station Lane
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