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Animal -- Bird
Occupation -- Industry
Disaster -- Accident
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Port Griffith
Sculpture
Knox Mine Disaster, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Knox Mine Disaster, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. H. 7 in. x W. 10 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
(On front:) IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO/THE LIVING AND THE/DEAD FOR THEIR VALIANT/EFFORTS AND GREAT/SACRIFICES. WE NOBLY/DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL/MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD/GRANT THAT THE LIBERTY OF/MANKIND. WHICH ONLY BRAVE SOULS WIN AND ONLY/VIGILANCE CAN GUARD. SHALL/LIVE ON FOR AGES TO COME.
Description:
Granite commerative marker with incised eagle on front.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Disaster -- Accident -- Mine Accident
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Port Griffith
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Jenkins Township, 46 1/2 Main Street, Jenkins, Pennsylvania 18640
Located 1189 Main Street, Port Griffith, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The memorial commemorates the 12 men who died in the Knox Mine Disaster on January 22, 1959. Water from the Susquehanna River flooded the Knox Coal Company's River Slop area mine. The memorial is one of two memorials erected in the City to commemorate the disaster (the other located at 1200 Main Street). IAS files contain copies of related articles from The Times Leader, Profile, April 27, 1991, pg. 97-98.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS PA001736
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001736
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