Sculpture

Workers of Woolwich

Erection date: 1993

Inscription

{On an accompanying plaque:}
Workers of Woolwich - Martin Williams
Commissioned and sponsored by British Rail Community Unit and University of Greenwich, assisted by London Borough of Greenwich.
1993

The mural depicts the activities carried out by workers at the former Royal Arsenal.

Site: Workers of Woolwich (1 memorial)

SE18, Woolwich New Road, Platform 1, Woolwich Arsenal Station

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Workers of Woolwich

Subjects commemorated i

Woolwich Royal Arsenal

Site of armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research f...

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Workers of Woolwich

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British Rail Community Unit

Division of the former British Rail.

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Greenwich Council

The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropo...

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University of Greenwich

Opened as the Woolwich Polytechnic; it became the Thames Polytechnic in 1970 ...

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