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Coalbrookdale and the Iron Bridge (1709–79)
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1709 / 1779 — Abraham Darby smelts iron with coke instead of charcoal here; seventy years later his grandson’s works cast the Iron Bridge across the Severn, the first major bridge built of iron.
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- Steam power, coal and iron (chapter 3 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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