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which a wooden beam projects through one wall. Rods hang from the outer end of the beam and operate pumps at the bottom of the mine shaft which raise the water to the surface. The engine has a boiler, a cylinder and piston and operating valves. A coal fire heats water in the boiler which is little more than a covered pan and the steam generated passes through a valve into the brass cylinder above it. The cylinder is more than two metres long and 52 centimetres in diameter. The steam in the cylinder is condensed by injecting cold water and the vacuum beneath the piston pulls the inner end of the beam down causing the pump to move.
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translocation, recreation or replication at the Museum of Wolverhampton's Elephant & Castle pub, Dudley's Burgin's Newsagents, a hairdressers, an NHS clinic, West Bromwich Gas Showroom and Dudley's Woodside Library, and a butchers all dating from the 1940s to the 1960s. The new plans will see the museum space increase by one third. The plans were due to be completed in 2022. It is expected that 60 jobs would be created directly as a result of the expansion.
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demonstrate lessons and school life from the turn of the 20th century. The school building opened in Eve Hill, Dudley in 1842 for pupils aged 5–11. It was decided to transfer the building to the museum in 1989 and relocation was completed by October 1990, with the exhibit opening the following year.
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and closed after the Second World War but re-opened in 1964 by James Powell and used until his death in 1973. The building and its equipment were relocated to the museum in 1986. It can be seen in operation when the brass caster demonstrates traditional skills in casting horse brasses, pot hooks and
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and date to about 1860. The block is dominated by the green painted fascia of Humphrey Brothers, builders' merchants, who occupied the premises from 1921. It has a replica shop front from about 1932. Humphreys sold fireplaces, sanitaryware and building supplies including Walpamur, a flat paint used
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On the low ground at the northern end of the site, houses, shops, workshops and public buildings have been dismantled and rebuilt brick by brick to create an early 20th-century village. Activities in the buildings are demonstrated by staff in period costume. The village preserves a cross section of
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built the world's first successful steam engine which was used for pumping water from coal mines on Lord Dudley's estates. In 1986, after ten years of research, the museum completed the construction of a full-scale working replica of the engine. The "fire engine" is housed in a brick building from
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and her campaign to establish a national minimum wage in the "sweated trades" where people worked long hours for poverty wages typically in appalling conditions. The building contains reconstructed offices, a news room with a digital interpretation of the background to the strike and a large hall
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The museum's fleet numbers three resident trolleybuses from the Black Country's two former trolley bus networks, and one which has been painted to resemble a local trolleybus. Unlike Birmingham's tram service, Birmingham Corporation Trolley Buses never operated in the Black Country. The Resident
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On 15 June 2017 it was announced that the museum had been awarded £9.8 million from the National Lottery towards their £21.7m project BCLM: Forging Ahead, which will allow the museum to tell the story of the Black Country up to the closure of the Baggeridge Coal Mine in 1968. Plans include the
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Hobbs & Sons fish and chip shop and H Morrall's gentlemen's outfitters have been returned to 1935 condition. The shops come from Hall Street, Dudley and date from the late-18th century and refaced with bright red pressed brickwork in 1889. The tiled interior of Hobbs features restored
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transport visitors from the entrance to the village where thirty domestic and industrial buildings have been relocated close to the canal basin. The museum is one of three in the UK with working trolleybuses. The route to the village passes the Cast Iron Houses and a 1930s fairground. A
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that would have brought entertainment to people in the early 1900s. Such fairs set up on waste ground and for a few days provided thrills, entertainment and a change for those who might never go on holiday. The collection of historic rides includes a
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In addition to the wide range of displayed collections, the museum has extensive research collections held in store. These include historic objects, archival material and library books, all of which can be viewed by appointment.
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service on certain days, unlike the tram which is usually operated seven days a week. The route is one of the few double deck trolley bus services left in the world, as most of the world's trolley buses are single deckers.
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Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company No. 34 Tividale single-decker built in 1919. Commenced in service at the museum in 1997 after restoration. Stored awaiting overhaul after 20 years of operation.
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No. 5 Tividale single-decker built in 1920. This was the museum's first tram. It has worked much more at the museum than for its original owners. Returned to service in December 2017 after a £120,000 overhaul.
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served by local Wolverhampton to Walsall via Birmingham Trains. The station is approximately 2 minutes journey by bus on the 229 service although the bus stops a short walk from the station in Owen Street.
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and the Ark, the latest thing in high-speed rides when introduced in the 1920s. It was updated over the years but not converted into a waltzer. It remains one of the few "fourlift" Arks in the country.
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W built in 1946. Though it worked with Bradford for all its working life, it has been painted in Walsall Corporation blue in order to resemble trolleybuses that would have operated nearby. Operational.
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Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways No. 102 Tividale single-decker built in 1920. Was used as a tram shelter at the museum in the 1980s and 1990s, currently stored awaiting restoration.
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Vehicles on display Exhibition Hall Two, prior to 2008. The vehicle collection is now displayed in the Bradburn & Wedge showroom and other areas across the site.
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The chain maker's shop represents one of the many workshops that made small and medium size chain. By the mid-1800s the chain industry was mostly associated with
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The museum collection includes a 1903 Sunbeam, a 1912 Star and a 1931 AJS as well as examples of later vehicles such as the Kieft, Frisky and Westfield Topaz.
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862 – Another Sunbeam F4A with a Willowbrook Body, it was built in 1955 and retired from Walsall in 1970 on the closure of the trolleybus network. Operational.
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are parts of a scheduled ancient monument which has features from the medieval, Industrial Revolution and 20th century. Standing alongside canal arm are the
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The size of the museum site provides the opportunity to demonstrate many of the road transport exhibits which were both used and made in the Black Country.
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The museum opened to the public in 1978, and has since added over 50 shops, houses and other industrial buildings from around the metropolitan boroughs of
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There are approximately 40 motorcycles in the museum's collection, all of which were made in the Black Country. A large proportion were manufactured by
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Lime working and processing was carried out on the site from medieval times. Evidence of quarries and underground remains, the canal, and preserved
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with body work by C. H. Roe, this time a W4 built in 1946 which was retired with the rest of Wolverhampton's trolley buses in 1967. Operational.
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tram system which will initially run between the current line in Wednesbury and Dudley town centre. A stop will be provided near the museum.
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The museum does not have an extensive collection of Black Country bicycles, but there are examples by manufacturers such as Harry Albino and
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No. 19 works car built in 1902. Stored awaiting restoration. Originally operated with Dudley, Stourbridge and District as open-topper no. 36.
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in 1923 ceased to operate in 1976 and it was moved to Lord Ward's Canal Arm. The museum operates it from time to time using volunteers.
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The site's coal mining heritage is shown by an underground drift and colliery surface buildings. The museum has a working replica of a
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open-top double-decker No. 49 built in 1909. Returned to traffic in 2004 after a 25-year restoration, is now in service in the museum.
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to process limestone quarried from Wren's Nest workings. The earliest of the three surviving kilns dates from the late 18th century.
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Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company No. 75 Tividale single-decker built in 1919. Stored awaiting restoration.
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Early fire engine, probably made at the John Marston Co. Ltd. factory in Wolverhampton, which made Sunbeam cars and motor cycles.
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products. The exhibition includes more fragile items such as glassware, reflecting the centuries-old industry that produced lead
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for internal walls. The motorcycle shop is based on the business of A. Hartill & Sons which was located in Mount Pleasant,
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Designated status awarded to the collections of BT Archives and Black Country Living Museum Black Country Living Museum Guide
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in 1712. The museum's reconstruction was based on a print engraved by Thomas Barney, filemaker of Wolverhampton, in 1719.
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Work began on the boat dock in 1976 and the museum aimed to recreate a typical dock that would have been found on the
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The brick tunnel and cart entrance provide access to a late 1930s kitchen with an electric cooker made by Revo of
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The museum site contained 42 disused mine shafts, most of which had been filled in. Two are preserved, one at
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The museum has been used as a set for many film and television productions, particularly the first season of
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was built with surplus funds raised in 1910 during the strike for a minimum wage by women chain makers. The
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and making iron in large enough quantities for industrial use. Having a claim to be "the birthplace of the
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hand-painted tiled wall panels. The frying range is of a design patented in 1932 made by E.W. Proctor of
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built in 1892. The museum's oldest tram, and is currently on display at the back of the Tram Depot.
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service 229 (Bilston to Dudley via Sedgley and Tipton) pass the museum on a regular daily basis.
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The museum's boat display consists of boats that it owns, are on loan or have mooring agreements.
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The nail shop is a replica of a back-yard workshop, built in the 1880s from 17 Chapel Street,
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which is used for a wide range of activities including theatre performances and concerts.
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was a treadle-operated hammer that forged bolts by forcing red hot lengths of iron into a
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BMMO D9 6342 HA built in 1963. Operational following completion of restoration in 2007.
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CVG6 GEA 174 built in 1948. Operational following completion of restoration in 2013.
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The museum continues to evolve, as further buildings and other exhibits are added.
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Exhibition Hall: the iron trusses are from the former Rolfe Street public baths,
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was built around 1900. It was dismantled and brought to the museum in the 1990s.
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On 16 February 2012, the museum's collection was awarded designated status by
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Wolverhampton was home to some early manufacturers of motor cars, such as
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KTT 689 built in 1948 and delivered new to Court of Torquay. Operational.
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fire engine, a Model T Ford van used by Willenhall firm Brevitt's and a
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first mastered the technique of smelting iron with coal instead of wood
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cars were also made in Wolverhampton, while the Black Country town of
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The Black Country Living Museum Trust, registered charity no. 504481
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and Blandford Street, London in 1865. It was designed by architect
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Hardware Store and Ironmonger's, formerly Pipers Row Wolverhampton.
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West Bromwich Corporation Dennis E-Type EA 4181 built in 1929.
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Tomorrow's Answers Today. The history of AkzoNobel since 1646
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Detail of a boiler manufactured by the Cradley Boiler Co. of
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Bus services 11/11A (Walsall to Dudley via Wednesbury) and
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Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company
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By the main entrance in the old Rolfe Street Baths from
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built 1931 Trolleybus that still requires restoration.
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Old Birmingham Road links St James's School with the
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The Anchor Forge was rescued from Isiah Preston's in
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Currently under construction is an extension to the
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Four buildings were rescued from Birmingham Street,
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Glass engraver at work in a workshop in the village.
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The brass foundry was built in 1869 in Shaw Street,
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bottles in one of the museum's extensive storerooms
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Black Country Living Museum is located in West Midlands county
Dudley
Coordinates
52°31′18″N 2°04′36″W / 52.52167°N 2.07667°W / 52.52167; -2.07667
Open-air living museum
bclm.com
open-air museum
Dudley
West Midlands
Black Country
Birmingham
lime kilns
Dudley
Sandwell
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Black Country

Dud Dudley
charcoal
Industrial Revolution
Titanic
Newcomen atmospheric engine
Thomas Newcomen
Tipton
trolleybuses
narrowboat
Dudley Canal
Dudley Tunnel

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