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Pictures taken in and around some of the sites (and sights) of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum.

You are free to use these photographs for non-commercial purpose; copyright © remains with the author Geoff Cryer .

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Ironbridge, Springtime  

"Ironbridge Spring"  
The lowering sun shines down the valley of the Severn on a warm late spring evening

Blists Hill roadworks  

"Blists Hill road works"
...mending the road the steam-age way

Blists Hill tollhouse  

"Blists Hill toll house"
Once located on Telford's Holyhead Road, and finding a new lease of life in the museum

Blists Hill chapel  

"Blists Hill chapel" 
The tinplate chapel in the woods would have served a community of miners

Blists Hill children  

"Blists Hill children"  
Children play street games as they might have done in Victorian times

Blists Hill Mine  

"Blists Hill mine"
The cage is still wound up and down the shaft by a steam engine rescued from a local small mine

Blists Hill New Inn  

"Blists Hill New Inn" 
Based on a Black Country pub, it serves traditional ale to thirsty museum visitors

Blists Hill Pig  

"Blists Hill Pig" 
...taking the pig for a walk...

Blists Hill Leather Worker  

"Blists Hill Leather Worker" 
Just the light from the windows for this shot, plus a glimmer from the candle

Coalport  

"Coalport"
The china museum is in the original Coalport works, long abondoned for the modern site in the Potteries

Snowy day at Ironbridge  

"Snowy day at Ironbridge"
The snow picks out the ironwork (which was assembled using woodworking joints...) of the bridge that gave the name to the small Shropshire town

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Let me know what you think of these pictures - I might put some more up given sufficient encouragement!

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