Ironbridge
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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.
Ironbridge, seen from the Iron Bridge
A view of the Iron Bridge in 2015 with its previous grey colour
The Iron Bridge following the 2018 restoration
Barriers erected along the Wharfage
The Iron Bridge
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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.
The Iron Bridge (February 2019)
Painting of the bridge by the Swedish painter Elias Martin in 1779. This is the only known painting during construction.
A modern-day reconstruction of how the Iron Bridge was assembled at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Telford, Shropshire.
Structural detail with the five cast-iron ribs