Black Country Living Museum
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The Black Country Living Museum is a large open-air museum with historic driving operations. It is located in Dudley , England , in the middle of the historic Black Country , a former coal- mining area.
history
The museum , founded in 1975, shows the period from the second half of the 19th century to the early 1920s. There are around 40 historical buildings on a 10 hectare site .
The buildings are usually from the Midlands . They were removed stone by stone and rebuilt in the museum. An extract from the list of exhibited buildings:
- school
- engl. Pub ( Pub )
- Bakery and shop
- Residential building
- Hardware store
- chapel
- Wrought
- Silent film - cinema
- Fairground
- Brass foundry
- Rolling mill
- Boatyard
- Tram hall of the tram
- Car hall for buses and trolley buses
- underground coal mine
The different parts of the extensive museum area are connected by historical trolleybuses and trams . Among other things, operate at the museum along with the The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft the last biplane - trolley buses worldwide. Boats also run on a river canal .
Employed actors authentically portray the time. They wear historical clothing and go about everyday life: this is how the barmaid runs the pub, in which the museum guests can relax. In the historic fish shop you can buy the famous fish and chips , a policeman is out on foot or by bike and keeps order. It is also possible to take part in a historical school lesson.
Another attraction is the narrowboat canal with the historic canal boats that used to transport coal. This also includes the 'Dudley Tunnel', which can be used in historical boats by prior arrangement.
Newcomen steam engine
In 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first industrial steam engine for a coal mine not far from today's museum. The museum has the only working 1: 1 replica of this machine including the nacelle.
Picture gallery
Trolleybus from Walsall in motion
Trolleybuses from Wolverhampton (front) and Derby , in the background a BMMO D9 diesel bus from Miland Red
Trolleybus in front of the car hall
Tram number 34 from Dudley on the single track route
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Newcomen Steam Engine ( English ) Black Country Living Museum Trust. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 18 " N , 2 ° 4 ′ 36" W.