"TWILIGHT-PELSALL COAL & IRON WORKS ON A DECEMBER DAY 1865" by Steve Dent

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(signifing the end
of an era).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 forgotton part of Pelsall history alive for a while longer.
BACK