<P> According to Gormley , the significance of an angel was three-fold : first , to signify that beneath the site of its construction , coal miners worked for two centuries ; second , to grasp the transition from an industrial to an information age , and third , to serve as a focus for our evolving hopes and fears . </P>
why is the angel of the north there
to signify that beneath the site of its construction , coal miners worked for two centuries to grasp the transition from an industrial to an information age to serve as a focus for our evolving hopes and fears