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Ironworks and steelworks in England

  • Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding CompanyThe year 1837 marked the birth of a shipbuilding venture in Deptford. Thomas J. Ditchburn and Charles John Mare founded the Ditchburn and Mare Shipbuilding…
  • CoalbrookdaleThe valley of Coalbrookdale held a bloomsmithy called Caldebroke Smithy before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. This early ironworks belonged to Much…