Christ Carrying the Cross Painting by Hieronymus Bosch

Famous Art work & Drawing by Hieronymus Bosch - Christ Carrying the Cross

Christ Carrying the Cross. 1485-1490. Oil on panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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Dr. Barker had also toured the mining areas of South Wales in England. He also went to Aberfan, where a huge mound of coal slags had flattened the building of Pentglas Junior and Infants School. These slag heaps are common sight in the mining areas. These mounds are called ‘coal tips’. It is a common practice to dump low grade cola, stones and much at the mouth of mines. Years of dumping results in their assuming the shape of huge mounds that look like hills from a distance. In Aberfan, the mounds of pit waste had assumed massive proportions after seventy years of dumping. This huge mound of coal slag was nearly 8000 feet in height. Directly below it was the village of Aberfan whose total population was about 5,000. Constant fear lurked into the minds of the villagers at that one day, this huge dump of coal slag will crash down on their houses and wipe out the entire village.

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