Industrial revolution
This next lot of photos are strictly for the steampunks and lovers of industrial history, with the 19th C highlights. Firstly, the Llangollen railway
which has suitably steampunk locos and runs through pretty countryside.
Not so picturesque, but still interesting are Minera lead mines.
I thought the design of these looked much older, so I was quite surprised they date from the 1850s.
Ideal for a steampunk day out, the Bridgnorth Funicular saves a long walk between upper and lower areas of the town.
Its splendid Victorian Gothic building incorporates a tea room, with viewing windows through into the winding mechanisms; ideal for the machinery-loving tea drinker!
More railway history at the Severn Valley Railway (yes, for the observant among you that is taken from a diesel loco cab, not a steamer: bonus points to duoinchains or anyone else who knows what type ;-> )
and the nearby Kidderminster Railway Museum, full of miscellaneous technical things for lovers of shiny brass, cast iron and antique electronics.
which has suitably steampunk locos and runs through pretty countryside.
Not so picturesque, but still interesting are Minera lead mines.
I thought the design of these looked much older, so I was quite surprised they date from the 1850s.
Ideal for a steampunk day out, the Bridgnorth Funicular saves a long walk between upper and lower areas of the town.
Its splendid Victorian Gothic building incorporates a tea room, with viewing windows through into the winding mechanisms; ideal for the machinery-loving tea drinker!
More railway history at the Severn Valley Railway (yes, for the observant among you that is taken from a diesel loco cab, not a steamer: bonus points to duoinchains or anyone else who knows what type ;-> )
and the nearby Kidderminster Railway Museum, full of miscellaneous technical things for lovers of shiny brass, cast iron and antique electronics.