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Ironbridge Gorge

  • HorsehayThe furnace at Horsehay came into blast successfully on the 5th of May 1755. Abraham Darby II built this ironworks next to what is now known as Horsehay Pool.
  • The Iron BridgeThe last ice age ended when Lake Lapworth overflowed, carving the deep Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire. This geological event exposed coal, iron ore…
  • CoalbrookdaleThe valley of Coalbrookdale held a bloomsmithy called Caldebroke Smithy before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. This early ironworks belonged to Much…