Site of Orb steelworks
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Site of Orb steelworks
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 9 Dec 2009
The full site of Orb steelworks occupies 74 acres. This 22 acre portion has been cleared for the creation of a housing development to be named Lysaght Village. John Lysaght of Wolverhampton established a steelworks on this site in 1898 and in its heyday it employed over 3000 people. In the background is the City Bridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1140452 .
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Image Location
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51.575779
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-2.970242