Public Monuments and Sculpture in Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme
Public Monuments and Sculpture in Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme
 

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Pithead Wheel
at Central Forest Park, Street, Hanley

Location: Corner Union Street & Town Road
Unveiling: 29 April 1969
Commissioned by: National Coal Board

 
The pit-head wheel at Central Forest Park
The pit-head wheel at Central Forest Park

 

plaque on the base of the pit-head wheel
plaque on the base of the pit-head wheel

 

Plaque on pedestal:

CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT/ THIS PIECE OF MINING EQUIPMENT WAS PLACED HERE BY/ HON. LORD ROBERTS OF WOLDINGHAM, P.C., D.C.L.,/ CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COAL BOARD/ TO MARK THE FIRST STAGE OF MAJOR LAND RECLAMATION/ ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER HANLEY DEEP PIT./ 29TH. APRIL 1969


Description
:

The pithead winding wheel is set into a cast concrete pedestal.

Background:

Hanley Deep Pit was closed in 1962. Afterwards, the land was reclaimed and transformed into a public park, now known as Central Forest Park. The pithead wheel serves as a monument to the former use of the land for mining.


looking through the wheel - the sculptor "Tree Stories" can be seen


 

Materials:

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

wheel Cast iron, painted black rim & grey spokes 320cm diameter
pedestal Concrete, painted grey 120cm at highest x 140cm at widest x 310cm long

 

 

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4 July 2008