In the painting I have tried to show Pelsall Coal & Iron Works as it would have looked when it was a going concern in the 1860s, with a locomotive crossing the bridge , horse drawn Shropshire Union barges and furnaces burning bright. The scene is set towards the end of a cold December day after a few light snow flurries, the sun going down and the full moon on the rise. With not much to go on in the way of photographs I had to use my imagination somewhat, anyway I hope it will keep an important and almost forgotten part of Pelsall history alive for a while longer.
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