2012

SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry work

taken 11 years ago, near to Coalport, Telford And Wrekin, England

Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry work
Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry work
This was on the event of the annual fireworks display when some 3000 ticket holders were admitted to the site after 18:00 hours for a fireworks display. Other attractions included the casting of iron in the site's reconstructed foundry. This is a sight that most people will only see on television and is well worth watching if you can.

I apologise for the poor quality it was taken hand held without flash on a Lumix TZ8.
Blists Hill Victorian Town

Blists Hill Victorian Town, originally called Blists Hill Open Air Museum, was opened in 1973, and has been slowly growing ever since. Built on a former industrial complex in the Madeley area of Telford, it is one of ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (LinkExternal link ).

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Blists Hill was an industrial region consisting of a brick and tile works, blast furnaces and coal, iron and fire clay mines. A short section of the Shropshire Canal runs across the site to the Hay Inclined Plane, which transported boats up and down the hill from Blists Hill to Coalport.

Many of the museum's buildings are recreations of buildings which stood in the area, replicas of those still standing elsewhere or original buildings that have been relocated to the museum. There are also features that were already part of the industrial site (eg the brick and tile works, the blast furnaces, Hay Inclined Plane, the canal etc).

More information can be found on the Ironbridge Museums’ website LinkExternal link
and this LinkExternal link Wikipedia article


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts People, Events Place: Blists Hill other tags: Foundry Casting Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Reconstructed Victorian Town [16] · Site's Reconstructed [9] · Cast Iron [7] · Fireworks Display [5] Other Photos: · Cupola Furnace ·
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SJ6903, 488 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 3 November, 2012   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 4 November, 2012
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6949 0354 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6949 0354
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