Coalbrookdale
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 Coalbrookdale by Night by Philip James de Loutherbourg, painted 1801. This shows Madeley Wood (or Bedlam) Furnaces, which belonged to the Coalbrookdale Company from 1776 to 1796. |
Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines in the sides of the valley. As it contained far fewer impurities than normal coal, the iron it produced was of a superior quality. Along with many other industrial developments that were going on in other parts of the country, this discovery was a major factor in the growing industrialisation of Britain, which was to become known as the Industrial Revolution. Today, Coalbrookdale is home to the Ironbridge Institute, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust offering postgraduate and professional development courses in heritage.
- Related: Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Telford, Green Wood Centre
| Coalbrookdale tour Coalbrookdale tour www.ironbridgeguide.info/ironbridge_tour/tour_06.shtml - Web |
| The official Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust site The official Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust site www.ironbridge.org.uk - Web |
| Coalbrookdale Interactive Census, 1851 Coalbrookdale Interactive Census, 1851 www.activehistory.co.uk/.../frameset.htm - Web |
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| There was a subsidiary foundry at Liverpool which ... There was a subsidiary foundry at Liverpool which existed for over 200 years and supplied the engines and cannon for many warships out of the Mersey www.geocities.com/rivermersey@btinternet.com/fawcetts.htm - Web |
