Dudley Canal and Caverns


Limestone Museum
Worked from 1970

Oct 27th, 2024 from MuseumLIst by BertyBasset


Black Country
Dudley
52.5238686, -2.0785141
SO 9477 9178
Private Land
151m
#26,502

Underground boat tours

  • 1962 Dudley Tunnel Branch abandoned by Act of Parilament
  • 1963 Dudley Canal Tunnel Preservation Society formed
  • 1970 DCTPC becomes Dudley Canal Trust - work begins to restore the waterway
  • 1972 50,000 tons of mud an debris removed
  • 1973 Tunnel re-opened
  • 1979 Black Country LIving Museum opened next to Tipton portal
  • 1985 Singing Cavern underground limestone mine opened

Various alterations over the years to provide a variety of trips.

The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley DY1 4SB
01215576265

10am-4pm Wednesday - Sunday

Publications (7)

  • Barnatt, John (2014); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-2 Win - Coal Mining near Buxton - Thatch Marsh, Orchard Common and Goyt's Moss; 91 pages (17-107)
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1982; pp.5
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1987; pp.7-8
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1984; pp.4
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1981; pp.7
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1985; pp.8-9
  • Powell, Steve (1999); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-1 Sum - Dudley Limestone Mines, The; 68 pages (1-68)

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