Fusion_UK
Aug-11-2006, 09:23 PM
The place where the first Ironbridge in the world was constructed, hence the name. :thumb
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Here, in Ironbridge, along the most spectacular stretch of the River Severn, are six square miles that changed the world.
Although nature has now softened the landscape and reclaimed her riverbanks, it still seems faintly shocking that so beautiful - so quiet - a county should have given birth to all things industrial in the world.
But it was here, within the dramatic gorge of the River Severn, that the great Ironmaster Abraham Darby perfected the secret of smelting iron with cheap and plentiful coke, instead of expensive and less efficient charcoal. Britain, and the world, would never be the same again.
So: Shropshire (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/), birthplace of heavy industry. Who'd have thought it?
The Iron Bridge
Blists Hill Victorian Town (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/blists-hill-museum/index.htm)
Victorian Cyclists at Blists Hil (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/blists-hill-museum/index.htm)l
X-ray machine at Enginuity (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/enginuity/index.htm)
The worlds first iron bridge was built in Shropshire (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/), in 1779 and still stands testament to his industry. And throughout the town which now proudly bears the name ironbridge, ten astonishing 'hands-on', world class museum's celebrate those early pioneers.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h150/Fusion_2006/ironbridge-1.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h150/Fusion_2006/Lone-Soldier.jpg
Here, in Ironbridge, along the most spectacular stretch of the River Severn, are six square miles that changed the world.
Although nature has now softened the landscape and reclaimed her riverbanks, it still seems faintly shocking that so beautiful - so quiet - a county should have given birth to all things industrial in the world.
But it was here, within the dramatic gorge of the River Severn, that the great Ironmaster Abraham Darby perfected the secret of smelting iron with cheap and plentiful coke, instead of expensive and less efficient charcoal. Britain, and the world, would never be the same again.
So: Shropshire (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/), birthplace of heavy industry. Who'd have thought it?
The Iron Bridge
Blists Hill Victorian Town (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/blists-hill-museum/index.htm)
Victorian Cyclists at Blists Hil (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/blists-hill-museum/index.htm)l
X-ray machine at Enginuity (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/enginuity/index.htm)
The worlds first iron bridge was built in Shropshire (http://www.shropshiretourism.info/), in 1779 and still stands testament to his industry. And throughout the town which now proudly bears the name ironbridge, ten astonishing 'hands-on', world class museum's celebrate those early pioneers.