The image here is of what remains of the abandoned iron-smelting blast furnaces at Blist Hill Victorian Town as it was in 1900

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The image here is of what remains of the abandoned iron-smelting blast furnaces at Blist Hill Victorian Town as it was in 1900 when the English Queen, Queen Victoria was still alive. Blist Hill like lots of other heavy industries along the River Seven and Ironbridge Gorge made their prosperity from smelting and forging iron products

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Size: 4881px × 5000px
Location: Blist Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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