The Black Country Museum and Dudley Tunnel

 

The Museum includes a Black Country village reconstructed and furnished as it would have been at the turn of the century; a replica of the famous Newcomen steam engine which was built nearby in 1712; a convincing and exciting replica of a Black Country coal mine, and trams and trolley buses. The canal interest includes an old time boatyard which is still used and an unusual lifting bridge across the arm which runs into the village.

 

There are boat trips from the wharf into the Dudley tunnel with its impressive open air basins and rock-lined sections. Even more impressive is the 'Singing Cavern', a disused limestone mine reached by new tunnels constructed in 1984 and 1989. The main Dudley Tunnel runs for nearly two miles beneath the town centre to Parkhead. Visiting boats may moor at the Black Country Living Museum but the crew will not escape the normal admission charges! There is no access from the towpath so walkers have to make their way to the main entrance in Tipton Road.

 

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