Ryhope, Lansdowne, 'Pit Wheel'

HER Number:
11141

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Lansdowne, 'Pit Wheel'

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1995 by Wilma Eaton. Two half pit wheels set in parallel with a third smaller steel hemicircle in between, decorated with forged steel miners, winding gear and coal seams. The structure was salvaged from Easington Colliery. Commissioned by City of Sunderland as a tribute to those who worked at Ryhope Colliery between 1856 and 1966.

Easting:
402

Northing:
534

Grid Reference:
NZ402534

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 169-70; Sunderland Echo 12 September 1995