Hi All , I was in Shropshire UK on Tuesday and visited Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum , I was pushed for time so only had three hours there, which is no where near long enough. I took some photos so others can see it for themselves. I have been to Beamish Museum in North East England located near Newcastle upon Tyne/ Durham area UK a good few times , it covers a large area and has a mine shaft , farm , mining village , country house, railway , train station , and main high street all of which are very impressive. Blists Hill is like a smaller version but has more metal related things there.
Imagine my delight when on the map I saw listed, Goods shed , iron merchants , iron foundry , tinsmiths , machine shop , masons yard , locksmiths , Winding engine , brick & tile works , mine , blacksmiths , saw mill , wood turning and carving , iron works , blast furnaces !! alongside other places too.
All in all I was very impressed and could have spent much longer there , the photos are just some of the sights , there are steam engines, old machines etc lying all over the place , I have just uploaded enough photos to give the general idea of the place , mainly in case someone was wondering if it was worth a visit if planning a trip. This was just one actual part of several linked sites along the Iron Bridge Gorge.
The foundry, they cast nameplates, door stops and other objects for sale
The Trevithick runnning along side the canal.
Inside the machine shop, various machines and steam engines pumps etc.
The Locksmiths workshop
The Tinsmiths
The Ironworks and Rolling mill
Boiler house next to Blast furnaces
The blast furnaces remains
Inside the rolling mill
A big old lathe made by Buck& sons Bolton ..... what a waste !
The Blacksmiths shop , again what he makes is for sale.
David and Sampson Engine
The Spry, a sailing ship that carried goods, its bigger than it looks on the photo.
No photos of the Sawmill which is where the woodturning and carving goes on , this was because I was so engrossed in talking to Malcolm Gibbons ( a relative of Grinling Gibbons ) who was very helpful giving me tips on wood carving and tool sharpening, I forgot to take any at all !.
Well worth a visit in my opinion , hope the photos are of interest to forum menbers.
Cheers Mick.
