Watch as a new Haigh Hall gate is cast
History was made as casting for 'The Miner's Gate' - the people's choice for the Mowpin Lodge Gates at Haigh Hall - began.
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The design for the gates was chosen by local people in a public vote last year.
The borough's rich mining history is the focus of the design, showing a mining shovel and pick axe. And now it's being made into reality.
The work is being carried out at Wigan foundry J T & E Castings in Leyland Mill Lane.