Detail View: SHIMMER: Wath Railway Crash Memorial

Title: 
Wath Railway Crash Memorial
Creation Date: 
1998
Image Date: 
2002
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
limestone - Cadeby
Display Creator: 
DISLEY, Mike
Image ID: 
r003
Description: 
Location: On the pavement of Doncaster Road where it runs alongside the end of Fairfield Park. Google maps < https://goo.gl/maps/t0s66 > .

Description: The front of a steam locomotive mounted on a pedestal.

Inscriptions: On the front face of the locomotive: GILBERT & ELLIS ISLANDS
Beneath this is the number: 45609
On the front of the pedestal: THIS STONE COMMEMORATES / THE WATH RAILWAY CRASH / OF 18TH MAY 1948 / WHEN 8 PEOPLE DIED / AND 55 WERE INJURED / IT ALSO SERVES AS A / TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO / ASSISTED IN THE RESCUE

Commission: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Presumably to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the crash but also as part of the Fairfield Park development.

Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
DISLEY, Mike
Creator Dates - Born: 
1962
Creator Role: 
Sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Public sculpture -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Monuments -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading: 
Monuments -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading: 
Steam-engines
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