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A view of slag heaps
and an iron foundry. The heap on the
distant right is being added to by the
men at the top. The heap on the right
is still burning and may have been burning
for years. The are was littered with
such apparently perpetual fires, usually
known as "the fiery holes".
Thanks
to the Bayliss family, Wolverhampton
Art Gallery, and the Barber Institute
of Fine Art for help, information and
pictures
