What is recorded here
Bowburn Colliery Memorial is shown as a memorial on the public map of County Durham. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Bowburn Colliery Memorial commemorates the miners who lost their lives in the 1911 Bowburn Colliery disaster, one of the worst coal mining accidents in County Durham's history. The memorial stands as a significant local landmark, honouring the 216 men and boys who died in the explosion, and serves as a reminder of the dangers faced by mining communities in the early 20th century.
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