Trinidad, Colorado: Canary in a Coal Mine Memorial
Two memorial sculptures on a fenced plaza: coal miners toil, while a giant bronze canary on a perch in a cage chirps ("The air's just great, fellahs!")
Southern Colorado Coal Miners Memorial
- Address:
- Trinidad, CO
- Directions:
- Southern Colorado Coal Miners Memorial. West Main St./US Hwy 160 and Convent St.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Recently dedicated in 2018 is a statue of Louis Tikas, a Greek American labor organizer who died during the Colorado Coal Strike. He's between the miners and the canary.
[Harmon, 11/14/2023]
Canary gets a close up.
[Meg Zorn, 11/07/2019]
Trinidad is a cute little town.
[Nancy Ferguson, 05/06/2018]The canary sculpture is larger than life and is a great detour along a neat street in Trinidad. Good teaching moment for the kids!
[Nicole, 12/31/2017]
On Main Street there are two coal mining memorials. One is the canary in cage and second is miners at work. Both have plaques.
[Celia Rodgers, 06/03/2015]"The Coal Miner's Canary" honors the otherwise thankless profession of mine safety canaries; this chirpster is shown alive, not yet dropping off the perch from carbon monoxide poisoning. The Southern Coal Miners Memorial is a bronze sculpture by local art teacher Ben A. Johnson; the base lists the names of hundreds of miners.
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Another crisp, well-ventilated day for the Canary in the Coal Mine.