William Reynolds was an ironmaster and a partner in the ironworks in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. He was interested in advances in science and industry, and invented the inclined plane for ca
Bank House, Ketley Bank: formerly the home of William Reynolds
The cast-iron Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct
A drawing of the Coalbrookdale locomotive
Ketley Canal
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The Ketley Canal was a tub boat canal that ran for about 1.5 miles from Oakengates to Ketley works in Shropshire, England. The canal was built about 1788 and featured the first inclined plane in Brita
William Reynolds (industrialist)
…three tub boat canals, which brought coal and iron ore a short distance from local mines to the ironworks. Built from 1787 to 1788, they were the Ketley Canal, the Wombridge Canal and the Shropshire Canal. They included an invention of Reynolds, an inclined plane: this was a method of raising canal boats from…
A small part of the canal in Paddock Mount, Ketley still holds water