NPRN414117
Map ReferenceST28NE
Grid ReferenceST2950087500
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityAllt-yr-yn
Type Of SiteCOMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT
PeriodPost Medieval, 20th Century
DescriptionAlexandra Docks Disaster Memorial is located in St Woollos Cemetery (nprn 402984), Newport. The bronze mounted obelisk is a memorial to thirty-four workers who were killed on 2 July 1909 when the walls of the new entrance lock collapsed. (Alexandra Docks nprn 403430)
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South East Wales, AIA, 2003
Claire Parry, RCAHMW, 21 June 2011.