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From Pit to Port - O'r Pwll i'r Porthladd

 John Clinch & Jon Buck
2005

Cardiff - Caerdydd / From Pit to Port - O'r Pwll i'r Porthladd   Cardiff - Caerdydd / From Pit to Port - O'r Pwll i'r Porthladd

Description

Bronze statue of a coal miner.

Inscription(s)

'from pit to port'
by john clinch arca., tregaron

initiated by
the late d. ronald harries mics.
as a tribute to
the south wales coal industry

unveiled by
captain norman lloyd-edwards
16th july 2005

'o'r pwll i'r porthladd'
gab john clinch arca., tregaron

dechreuwyd gan
y diweddar d. ronald harries mics.
fel teyrnged i
ddiwydiant glo de cymru

dadorchuddiwyd gan
y capten norman lloyd-edwards
16eg o orffennaf 2005

President
Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards
G.C.St.J. R.D. R.N.R.
Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan

Patron
Tyrone O'Sullivan, O.B.E.
(Chairman Tower Gallery)

Chairman
Margaret Harries

Secretary
Julie Berriman 		Treasurer
Allan Berriman
Gareth Rhys Davies John Byard David Morris
Thanks to all Contributors

Annotation

The artwork commemorates all of those men and women whom formed the link in the chain between the mining of coal in the valleys and it export from Cardiff Docks.

The sculpture was finished by Jon Buck.

Cardiff - Caerdydd / From Pit to Port - O'r Pwll i'r Porthladd

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Location (N 51°27'43" - W 3°9'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa014; Photograph: 24 July 2012
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