Aaron Manby (ironmaster)
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Aaron Manby was an English civil engineer and the founder of the Horseley Ironworks, notable for the many fine iron canal bridges that it built. The eponymous Aaron Manby steamboat was the first iron-hulled steamer to go to sea, and it was driven by Manby's patent Oscillating Engine, an effective and durable marine steam engine.
The Aaron Manby, the world's first seagoing iron-hulled ship
Engine Arm Aqueduct, 1828, one of Manby's iron canal bridges in the English Midlands
Horseley Ironworks
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The Horseley Ironworks was a major ironworks in the Tipton area in the county of Staffordshire, now the West Midlands, England.
The Engine Arm Aqueduct
Plaque on Richmond Railway Bridge, London, inscribed "Richmond Bridge made & erected by the Horseley Co Ld London & Tipton 1908"
Aston Junction
Winson Green Junction