Tipton Through Time

Tipton has been described as the quintessence of the Black Country. In the early nineteenth century its coal mines were said to be ''inexhaustible'' and its ironworks ''on a most extensive scale'', all served by a dense network of canals. By the end of the 1800s mining and iron making were in decline but manufacturing output continued to grow with a myriad of iron and steel working trades and engi...