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'The Black Country' near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach

'The Black Country' near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach

1-150-163 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'The Black Country' near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869, showing a scene of heavy industry at night with smoking chimneys, fire from gas outlets and hot coals, with a wheeled engine to right. Bilston, which is now part of Wolverhampton, was an area dominated by coal mining and iron manufacturing.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. G Greatbach, attributed to: (British?): Artist, engraver
After
  1. H Warren RA: (British?): Artist, painter
Medium
  1. Engraving
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England West Midlands Wolverhampton Bilston

  1. 52 34 00 N , 002 04 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

Science & Nature Times of the Day

Locations & Buildings Other

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2939x2138
File Size : 18,409kb

Aliases

  1. IND/C000014
  1. 0460000982
  1. 1-150-163
  1. 1150163
  1. 982
  1. IND/C000014
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