Coseley Deepfields and Bilston Steelworks, April 1975 A class 86 electric heads the 07.40 Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street past Coseley on 5th April 1975. Bilston steel works dominates the skyline with the 1954 built blast furnace 'Elisabeth' taking pride of place. Four years after this photograph was taken, on 12th April 1979, the last steel billet was cast at Bilston so ending more than 200 years of iron and steel production on the site. Eighteen months later, on 5th October 1980, Elisabeth was demolished.
