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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksalesADVANCE INFORMATIONTheMaking of the Black CountryAUnique Industrial Landscape GeoffMarshallKEY SELLING POINTSExploresindetailtheindustrialhistoryoftheBlackCountry.Industriescombinedtogether,payingparticular focusonthe19thCentury.CentresonthefourMetropolitanDistrictCouncilareasofDudley,Sandwell,Walsall andWolverhamptonthatmake up the Black Country. Examines history and heritage.Authorof 9781803131641 England%u2019s Anglo-SaxonHeritage (Troubador, 2022).In1864AbrahamLincolnappointedElihuBurritt asUnitedStates consul inBirmingham. Burritt capturedthe very natureoftheBlackCountry%u2019sunique industrial landscapewithhis nowfamous phrase %u2018black by day and redby night%u2019,referringtothesmoking chimneystacksturningtheskyblackwithsmoke bydaytobefollowed bytheredglowfromironfurnacesatnight.TheBlackCountryhasseenmanyinnovations.ThomasNewcomencamein1712toinstallhisfirstgroundbreakingatmosphericsteamengineintheshadowofDudleyCastle.JamesWattfollowed laterwhenhe installedasteamengineattheBilstonironworksof John%u2018IronMad%u2019 Wilkinson,fatheroftheironindustry. Bradley,FosterandRastrickbuiltthe%u2018StourbridgeLion%u2019thefirstrailwaylocomotive inAmerica,AaranManbyof theHorseleyIronWorksbuiltthefirstironship togotoseain1822andChanceBrothers,in1851, suppliedthe glass forJosephPaxton%u2019sCrystalPalace,centrepieceoftheGreatExhibition.Therearemanymore.The Making of the Black Country: a Unique Industrial Landscape brings all industries together, concentrating on the19thcenturywhentheBlackCountryreallywasblackbydayandredby night.Geoff Marshall studied Chemistry at ImperialCollege. Afteracareer as aresearchchemist, he nowworks as aBlueBadgeGuideandwrites.Heis amemberoftheBlackCountrySocietyandtheGreaterLondonIndustrial ArchaeologySociety.Anexperiencedlecturer,hehasappearedontelevision.He isbasedinSurrey.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a319.99 ISBN:9781836280514 Thema subject category: NHTK %u2013 Industrialisation and industrial historypaperback 234 x 156 mm 248 pp Portrait Authorlocation: Surrey