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Severn Gorge :: New Technology :: Blast Furnaces :: Coalbrookdale :: Maps :: The Severn GorgeThe Severn Gorge was the Silicon Valley of its day, a center of innnovation that included not only the first iron bridge, but the first iron rails, flanged wheels, and iron barges, as well as novel applications of the developing steam engine, from blowing blast furnaces to powering the first locomotive. Views of the Severn Gorge
"Coalbrookdale by Night", Painting 1801 by Philip de Loutherbourg. This shows Madeley Wood (or Bedlam) Furnaces, which belonged to the Coalbrookdale Company from 1776 to 1796. Courtesy of Science Museum, London/Science & Society Picture Library. Contemporaneous descriptions of Coalbrookdale  The Iron Bridge: Etching, probably based on a painting, 1780s.  The bridge today. Order "The Iron Bridge" on-line ~~ to the top ~~© copyright David Morse, 2003-2008 |