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Steam and hot iron: - when I nod my head, hit it!
by Chris Allen
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The Blists Hill Ironworks is in full swing with a work piece having just been... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town
by Chris Allen
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A view along Canal Street in the reconstructed Victorian town. The street lights... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - rolling mill engine
by Chris Allen
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This large horizontal single cylinder engine, possibly by J & E Wood of... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Village - steam and hot iron
by Chris Allen
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The steam powered rolling mill in use. The man on the right is feeding the red... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - wrestling with hot metal
by Chris Allen
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As two operatives enjoy a natter, a third is using the long handled tongs to... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - hammering away
by Chris Allen
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This could as easily be 1912 as 2012 as the Ironworks' large steam hammer... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - rolling wrought iron
by Chris Allen
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This view shows two operatives working the larger of the site's two high,... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - at the rolling mill
by Chris Allen
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The red hot wrought iron bar has just come through the rolls (reducing its... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - steam engine running
by Chris Allen
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This Pollit & Wigzell horizontal single cylinder engine is used to drive a... (more)
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Morton's Ironworks
by Alan Murray-Rust
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The reconstituted rolling mill at Blists Hill Victorian Town. An early arrival... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - one-horsepower vehicle
by Chris Allen
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Blists Hill Victorian Town
by Chris Allen
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A demonstrator explaining the candle works. He is by the 'nodding... (more)
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Hot Iron - driving the steam hammer
by Alan Murray-Rust
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Driving the steam hammer is a skilled job. Sufficient steam must be admitted for... (more)
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Hot Iron - The rolling mill
by Alan Murray-Rust
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The hot billet is being passed back across the top of the upper roller of the... (more)
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Blists Hill Open air Museum - blowing engine
by Chris Allen
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This inverted vertical single cylinder blowing engine was probably built by the... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - steam pump
by Chris Allen
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This portable steam pump and vertical boiler is erected in the mason's yard... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - the doctor's house
by Chris Allen
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Rebuilt on site brick by brick this is the majority of one Duke of... (more)
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Hot Iron - under the hammer
by Alan Murray-Rust
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Sparks fly as a hot billet is forged under the steam hammer. In the complete... (more)
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Hot Iron - extracting a billet
by Alan Murray-Rust
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A billet heated in the furnace is being extracted ready for hammering... (more)
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Hot Iron - Inside the ironworks
by Alan Murray-Rust
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A general view showing the large rolling mill, the steam hammer and to the right... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - clearing out the cupola
by Chris Allen
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This is tapping out the residual metal and slag following the last cast of the... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - foundry work
by Chris Allen
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This was on the event of the annual fireworks display when some 3000 ticket... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - entrance
by Chris Allen
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This is at least the third entrance to this site in its long history. The round... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - Sisson steam engine
by Chris Allen
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Sisson engine No. 4773 is an inverted vertical single cylinder (enclosed) engine... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - engine house
by Chris Allen
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This is one of the original industrial buildings on site and dates from c1873.... (more)
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Blists Hill Ironworks
by Ian Capper
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Former Blists Hill Ironworks, dating from the mid/late 18th Century. Grade II... (more)
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Blists Hill Ironworks
by Ian Capper
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Former Blists Hill Ironworks, dating from the mid/late 18th Century. Grade II... (more)
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Blists Hill Ironworks
by Ian Capper
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Former Blists Hill Ironworks, dating from the mid/late 18th Century. Grade II... (more)
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Blists Hill Brickworks
by Ian Capper
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Former Blists Hill Brickwoorks, dating from 1870. Grade II listed - see... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - steam crane
by Chris Allen
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This Grafton self-propelled, rail-mounted steam crane was restored as part of a... (more)
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Blists Hill - W.M. Bates Fish Fryer
by TCExplorer
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Part of the fantastic open air museum at Blists Hill.
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Carousel
by TCExplorer
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Built in 1911 by Thomas Walker of Tewkesbury for Frank Wilson. See also... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironworks Office
by TCExplorer
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G.R. Morton & Company
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The Forest Glen, Refreshment Pavilion, Blists Hill Victorian Town
by TCExplorer
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Duke of Sutherland Cottage
by TCExplorer
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Butchers
by TCExplorer
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The butchers is known as 'Charles Jesse'. The building dates from... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Goods Station
by TCExplorer
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Scale model of Iron Bridge
by Ian Capper
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Half-scale model of the Ironbridge Iron Bridge at Blists Hill Open Air Museum.
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Candlemaker's premises
by Ian Capper
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The candlemaker's premises at Blists Hill Open Air Museum.
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Headgear
by Ian Capper
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Headgear for the clay mine at the former Blists Hill Brickworks. Grade II... (more)
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Blists Hill Brickworks
by Ian Capper
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Former Blists Hill Brickwoorks, dating from 1870. Grade II listed - see... (more)
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Penfold pillar box
by Ian Capper
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A replica "Penfold" pillar box in Blists Hill Open Air Museum.
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - lock maker's workshop
by Chris Allen
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One of many reconstructed buildings on this large open air museum site. In the... (more)
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Blists Hill - former blast furnaces
by Chris Allen
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The furnace bases are seen in the foreground with the charging bank beyond. This... (more)
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Car parking at Blists Hill
by TCExplorer
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As of 2025, there are no EV chargers here yet.
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Blists Hill Clay Mine Train
by TCExplorer
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Top building of Blists Hill Inclined Lift
by TCExplorer
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This inclined lift provides an easy connection between the canal at the top and... (more)
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Lee Dingle Bridge
by TCExplorer
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Blists Hill inclined lift
by Chris Allen
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A modern funicular. Some people just seemed to be going up and down - some... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - Gospel Car & Sunday School
by Chris Allen
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