sd_ukrm
91 - Memorial to Gresford Colliery Disaster
The Gresford Disaster was one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters and mining accidents. It occurred on September 22, 1934 at Gresford Colliery near Wrexham, in north-east Wales, when 266 men died.
Gresford Colliery finally closed on economic grounds in November 1973 and the site was developed as an industrial estate.
In 1982 a memorial to the victims of the disaster was erected nearby; it was constructed from the wheel from the old pit head winding gear.
91 - Memorial to Gresford Colliery Disaster
The Gresford Disaster was one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters and mining accidents. It occurred on September 22, 1934 at Gresford Colliery near Wrexham, in north-east Wales, when 266 men died.
Gresford Colliery finally closed on economic grounds in November 1973 and the site was developed as an industrial estate.
In 1982 a memorial to the victims of the disaster was erected nearby; it was constructed from the wheel from the old pit head winding gear.