Coalbrookdale
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Coalbrookdale is a settlement in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil par
Holy Trinity Church and townscape
Coalbrookdale in 1758
Coalbrookdale by Night, painted 1801 by Philip James de Loutherbourg, The Madeley wood furnaces, Madeley Wood Company
Coalbrookdale Company auction poster, issued in 1910
Abraham Darby I
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Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I, was an English ironmaster and foundryman. Born into an English Quaker family th
Coalbrookdale
…ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called The Gorge, and is sometimes referred to as a town. 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…
Raw coke
The original blast furnaces at Blists Hill, Madeley
Darby's blast furnace, now part of the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron