Sujet
Blast furnace, Russell's Hall, Dudley, West Midlands, 1859
Légende
Blast furnace, Russell's Hall, Dudley, West Midlands, 1859. Mr Mills, otherwise unknown as a photographer, recorded the blast furnaces at Russell's Hall, west of Dudley, when the industry was producing a vast number of iron products, including nails, boilers, vices and chains. Coal mining around Dudley had been recorded in the early 13th century and the area was famous for the manufacture of iron nails in the early 16th century. By the late 18th century Dudley was at the centre of England's iron industry, and the region was dubbed the 'Black Country' because of the blackening of the landscape by the coal and iron industries. Russell's Hall itself was pockmarked by clay pits and coal shafts, and significant urban development only took place after the Second World War. Dilute albumen print.
Date
1859
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Notre référence
HRM19B37_290
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (3,4Mo) / 41,2cm x 30,4cm / 4865 x 3596 (300dpi)