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BLACK COUNTRY, THE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 21 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BLACK COUNTRY, THE , a name commonly applied to a
district
  lying principally in S. Staffordshire, but extending into Worcestershire and Warwickshire, England. This is one of the
chief
  manufacturing centres in the United Kingdom, and the name arises from the effect of numerous collieries and furnaces, which darken the face of the
district
 ., the buildings and the atmosphere. Coal, ironstone and clay are
mined
  in close proximity, and every sort of iron and steel goods is produced. The district extends 15 M. N.W. from
Birmingham
 , and includes
Smethwick
 , West Bromwich, Dudley, Oldbury, Sedgley, Tipton, Bilston, Wednesbury, Wolverhampton and
Walsall
  as its most important centres. The ceaseless activity of the Black Country is most readily realized when it is traversed, or viewed from such an
elevation
  as Dudley Castle Hill, at night, when the glare of furnaces appears in every direction. The district is served by numerous branches of the
Great
  Western, London & North Western, and Midland railways, and is intersected by canals, which carry a heavy
traffic
 , and in some places are made to surmount physical obstacles with remarkable engineering skill, as in the case of the Castle Hill tunnels at Dudley. Among the numerous branches of industry there are several characteristic of certain individual centres. Thus, locks are a specialty at-BLACK FOREST 2I
Wolverhampton and Willenhall, and keys at Wednesfield; horses' bits, harness-fittings and saddlery at
Walsall
  and Bloxwich, anchors and cables at Tipton, glass at
Smethwick
 , and nails and chains at Cradley.


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