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13245


Newcastle


Christ Church, monument to Walker Iron Works disaster


Walker


NZ26SE


Commemorative


Commemorative Monument


Commemorative Monument


POST MEDIEVAL


Victorian 1837 to 1901


Structure


Monument to the memory of workmen killed in a boiler explosion at Walker Iron and Alkali Works 1855. The explosion happened in a rolling mill on 8 October 1855. The two youngest victims were ten years old. 8 men died. Obelisk monument with rounded top.


428900


564300


NZ428900564300



Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 140-141

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