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Title
Detaching Hook
Date
2019
Medium
metal & brick
Accession number
WV15_MJR_S062
Acquisition method
commissioned by Alveley Mining Heritage Group
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Alveley and Romsley Parish Council
Custodian
Alveley and Romsley Parish Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
in raised white lettering on a leaning sign in front: ALVELEY MINING HERITAGE / DEDICATED TO THE MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS / WHO WORKED AT ALVELEY AND HIGHLEY COLLIERIES. / THIS "DETACHING HOOK" IS OF THE TYPE USED / AT BOTH COLLIERIES AND POSITIONED HERE TO / MARK FIFTY YEARS SINCE THE CLOSURE OF / ALVELEY MINE IN 1969. / MXXIX