![Broseley Pipeworks](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Broseley_Pipeworks.jpg)
The Broseley Pipeworks is one of ten
Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of t ...
. The museum is based in the small town of
Broseley
Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The River Severn flows to its north and east. The first The Iron Bridge, iron bridge in the world was built in 17 ...
in the
Ironbridge Gorge
The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was first formed by a glacial overflow from the long drained away Lake Lapworth, at the end of the last ice age. The deep exposure of the rocks cut t ...
, in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
,
England
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within a
World Heritage Site
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, acclaimed as the birthplace of the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
.
Once the site of the most prolific
clay tobacco pipe makers in Britain, exporting worldwide, the works were abandoned in the 1950s.
![Broseley Pipeworks Bottle Kiln](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Broseley_Pipeworks_Bottle_Kiln.jpg)
The museum preserves the details of the industry of clay tobacco pipe making and has a display of clay tobacco pipes, including the
Churchwarden
A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion or Catholic Church, usually working as a part-time volunteer. In the Anglican tradition, holders of these positions are ''ex officio'' members of the parish b ...
and Dutch Long Straw pipes.
The pipeworks are
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
References
External links
Broseley Pipeworks
Museums in Shropshire
Industry museums in England
History of Shropshire
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Pipe makers
Industrial archaeological sites in England
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