Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country
Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country

Author: George Thomas Noszlopy

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0853239894

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The "Black Country" is an area historically known as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution—a thriving regioin built around deep coal seams, conjuring up images of fiery red furnaces by night and black, sooty citadels by day. Yet today the resource-rich region also features many striking public sculptures. This volume provides a comprehensive catalog to all of the historic sculptures and public monuments in Staffordshire and the Black Country. George Noszlopy and Fiona Waterhouse catalog each individual sculpture in detail, including information about the sculptor, the sculpture's historical and artistic significance, the commissioning agent, and the date of installation. The volume also features 350 black-and-white photographs that document the diverse and rich beauty of the region's public monuments. The ninth volume in the widely acclaimed, award-winning Public Sculpture of Britain series, Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country is an invaluable resource for British historians, art scholars, and travelers alike.

The Black Country and South and East Staffordshire
The Black Country and South and East Staffordshire

Author: John Whitehouse

Publisher: Silver Link

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781858952611

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Looks in detail at: The former LMS Stour Valley line to Wolverhampton High Level station, with Bushbury shed and Oxley carriage depot; The former GWR Low Level station, the GWR locomotive works and Oxley shed; Lines and yards around Bescot; Lines from Walsall to Rugeley, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield; and, Mineral and colliery lines.

The Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country, 1860-1927
The Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country, 1860-1927

Author: G.C. Allen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1351251325

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This book, first published in 1929, analyses the changes to Birmingham and the Black Country in the nineteenth century. The area underwent quite a transformation: many of the older trades were decaying, while at the same time a number of new manufactures were making a remarkable rapid advance. As a result of this, the industrial structure of the area in the early twentieth century was made up of very different constituents from those of which is was composed sixty years previously. This is an invaluable study of a remarkable industrial transformation that was carried out in a very short space of time.