Shelton Bar Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent

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Date:2001

Description:The furnaces of the steelworks could never be fully put out during the blackouts of World War Two, making them a target for German bombers. It is possible that H.G. Wells took inspiration from the red fires against the dark night, possibly using the landscape in his book 'War of the Worlds'.

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Creators: Mr Stephen Whetnall - Creator

Image courtesy of: Mr Stephen Whetnall

Donor ref:Nm.2024.32.13 (22/49619)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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