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The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. Its success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, The Iron Bridge, a 100-foot (30 m) cast iron bridge that was built in 1779.
William Ball the "Shropshire Giant", of Horsehay. Born in 1795, he weighed over 40 stone yet was so fit and active that he worked as a wrought iron puddler and shingler, an infamously hard-working job. The museum's main function is to explain the overall picture of the Ironbridge Gorge sites. Films and interactive displays help to do this.
The Ironbridge Gorge looking east towards the Iron Bridge. 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.
Enginuity Museum One of the large kilns at Coalport China Museum. 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 the Industrial Revolution.
Flood barriers are erected along the River Severn in Ironbridge, Shropshire (NIck Potts/PA) Another local resident Liam Ball, 30, said the rain has not been “unprecedented” this year – as ...
Ironbridge is a village in Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. It is located within the wider Ironbridge Gorge and is known for the Iron Bridge.
The 17-year-old sat down for breakfast at Truffles in Ironbridge, Shropshire, on Saturday morning. The next day he went on to win the Grand Slam of Darts with a 16-3 thrashing of Martin Lukeman in ...