It was originally lit in Olympia and travelled across Greece before re-appearing on May 8 to mark four months of celebrations of the games in France.The torch relay cauldron with the water feature designed by engineers at Netherton firm G Tex Stainless
On the last day of the torch relay on July 26 it made way for the Olympic Cauldron at the opening of the Paris games.
The torch relay cauldron which travelled across Greece and France prior to the Olympic games – it will also feature in the Paralympics later this year.
The cauldron will also be part of the Paralympic torch relay which will set off from Stoke Mandeville and arrive in Calais before making way for the Paralympic cauldron on August 28.
Jamie Gilligan, the managing director of G-Tex Stainless, which employs six people at its base on the Bagley Industrial Park, said they were proud to be a small part of the games.
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