Detail View: SHIMMER:
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Caption:
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Ingot and Steel Colliery Arches
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Creation Date:
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1966
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Image Date:
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2002
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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iron , steel
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Display Creator:
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PARK GATE IRON & STEEL CO. LTD.
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Terms:
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Landmark sculptures
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Image ID:
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02-2240
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Description:
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Exterior view of roundabout with landmark installed to commemorate the new Rawmarsh Town Centre. Description: Four large curved steel girders protruding from the ground. They meet and are welded together to a circular steel plate, which is located above an ingot planted in the ground. There is an information plaque on the ingot. Plaque: "RAWMARSH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL / THE INGOT AND STEEL COLLIERY ARCHES / WERE MADE BY THE / PARK GATE IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. / AND PLACED ON THIS SITE BY / THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL / COUNCILLOR A. HAWKE J.P. / ON THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL 1966 / TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE / NEW TOWN CENTRE COUNCILLOR K.R.SIMMONDS C.E.BELLOWS A.M.I..E., M.I.H.E. CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE ENGINEER & SURVEYOR" Commission: not known
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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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 >."
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Image Storage Location:
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http://helios.shu.ac.uk/02-2240.tif
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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PARK GATE IRON & STEEL CO. LTD.
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Creator Role:
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Engineering firm.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
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Subject Heading:
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Commissions, Art -- Corporate
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- England
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