Black Country Living Museum

The Black Country Living Museum is a large open-air museum with historical driving. It is located in Dudley in England, located in the historic Black Country, a former coal - mining area. The museum, founded in 1975, the period from the second half of the 19th century is shown until the early 1920s. On an approximately 10 -acre site located about 40 historic buildings.

The building probably added from the Midlands. They were moved brick by brick and rebuilt in the museum. An excerpt from the list of issued building:

  • School
  • Engl. Pub ( Pub )
  • Bakery shop
  • Residence
  • Hardware store
  • Chapel
  • Forge
  • Silent film cinema
  • Fair
  • Brass foundry
  • Rolling mill
  • Boatyard
  • Wagenhalle tram
  • Wagenhalle of buses and trolley buses
  • Underground coal mine

The different parts of the sprawling Museum grounds are connected by historic trolleybuses and trams. Among other things run at the museum along with the Trolleybus Museum Sandtoft the last double -decker trolley buses worldwide. In addition, any boats on a river channel.

Employees actors make that time authentic Represent wear historical clothing and go life at the time after: so the barmaid operates the pub where the museum visitors can rest. Located in the historic fish market you can buy the famous fish and chips, a police officer is on foot or by bike and proceed to order. It is also possible to participate in a historical lesson.

Another attraction is the Narrowboat Canal with the historic canal boats, on which formerly the coal was transported. This also includes the ' Dudley Tunnel ', which can be navigated by appointment in the historic boats.

Gallery

Trolley Buses from Wolverhampton (front) and Derby, in the background a BMMO D9 diesel bus from Milan Red

Trolleybus before Wagenhalle

Tram No. 34 from Dudley on the single track

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