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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
by David Dixon

Created: Sat, 13 Aug 2011, Updated: Sat, 13 Aug 2011


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SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry work by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - one-horsepower vehicle by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Blast Furnaces by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - May 2018 (3) by The Carlisle Kid
SJ6902 : Hay Incline Plane by David Dixon
SJ6903 : St Chad's Mission Church, Blists Hill by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - exhausting by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - ironworks and furnaces by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Hot Iron - extracting a billet by Alan Murray-Rust
SJ6903 : Replica Steam Locomotive, Blists Hill by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Steam and hot iron: - when I nod my head, hit it! by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Museum of the Post Office in the Community - May 2018 (1) by The Carlisle Kid
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - the doctor's house by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Mission Church, Blists Hill, Madeley by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - candle making by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : The Shropshire Canal at Blists Hill by David Dixon
SJ6903 : The Brick and Tile Works at Blists Hill by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - steam engine running by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Brick and Tile Works by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Steam Engine and Brickworks, Blists Hill by David Dixon
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - May 2018 (4) by The Carlisle Kid
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Victorian Town - the heavy gang by Chris Allen
SJ6903 : Blists Hill Open air Museum - blowing engine by Chris Allen

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