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Description: | The image is of the limestone caverns at the Wrens Nest, Dudley, these were probably part of the Seven Sisters open air mine. The mines were extrating the Silurian aged Much Wenlock Limestone Formation for use as an agriculural fertilizer and as a catalyst in iron production. These mines were last worked in 1924. They have since been infilled with dolorite hardcore in 2010 to prevent further instability. Many fossils came from these mines sold to scientists such as Sir Roderick Murchison who got 65% of his evidence for the Silurian geological period from Dudley, and published his works in 'The Silurian System' in 1839.
Watercolour by T Pettitt of The Limestone Caves, Wrens Nest, Dudley in 1840. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Watercolour painting Limestone Rocks Fine arts Black Country Watercolour Works on paper Caves Geology Mines | Temporal: | 1840
19th Century (1800-1899) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | PETTITT; T | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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