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THE MAIN SITE The main site began around 1830 , was rapidly developed in the 1840s by the 4th Earl Granville. Many coal mines were also sunk on the site, and railways built into the site. From 1920 it developed into an efficient modern steelworks. During World War II it was a frequent target for German bombers, it being impossible to fully blackout the light from the huge Blast Furnace s. Shelton Bar came under Nationalised ownership after the war, and the main works was closed in 1978 , after which the eastern 200 acres (0.8 km²) of the site was reclaimed for the 1986 National Garden Festival site, the Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival . THE ROLLING MILL SITE Shelton Works steel rolling mill was opened in 1964 as the world's first continuous cast production mill, and it remained fully operational during and after the Garden Festival, being on the western side of the Trent And Mersey Canal . It was closed by British Steel in 1999 . The half-mile long building was torn down in early 2005 , then used as a major supplies depot in the £8-billion upgrade of the West Coast Main Line railway that runs alongside the site. The rolling mill site is now being rectified ahead of a major £120m regeneration by St. Modwen. A pre- Roman British cemetery probably lies under the site, since funeral urns were found when the foundations were dug. As of 2005, there are now no steelworks or mines left in the city. IN ART The industrial landscapes of Shelton Bar were depicted in art by Arthur Berry , and in poetry by Charles Tomlinson . The human side of steelmaking was depicted on the stage and BBC TV as 'Fight for Shelton Bar' ( 1973 ). |
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