Wombridge Canal
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The Wombridge Canal was a tub-boat canal in Shropshire, England, built to carry coal and iron ore from mines in the area to the furnaces where the iron was extracted. It opened in 1788, and parts of i
Remains of a bridge over the infilled canal at Wrockwardine Wood in 1963
Bullock's Mill, built beside the canal in 1818, has now been converted into apartments. The canal ran behind the building.
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
Wombridge Canal
…the closure of the plane. Iron ore and coal were mined at Wombridge, near to the church. In order to transport it to the furnaces at Donnington Wood, William Reynolds started to build a tub-boat canal in 1787. It was completed in 1788, at a cost of £1,640 and was 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long, connecting with both the…
Bank House, Ketley Bank: formerly the home of William Reynolds
The cast-iron Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct
A drawing of the Coalbrookdale locomotive