Iron Bridge Gorge world heritage site, Shropshire

Old Darby furnace with beams from 1638 and 1777

The Old Darby Furnace from the 18th century

Abraham Darby learned how to use coke to smelt iron in 1709 and his family operated the Coalbrookdale for over a hundred years

Diorama of the iron bridge. The cast iron bridge was opened in 1781.

Darby works, Coalbrookdale, c. 1800

William Williams, Afternoon View of Coalbrookdale, 1777, Shrewsbury Museum and Art

Philip James de Loutherbourg, Coalbrook Dale by Night, 1801, Science Museum

Bedlam blast furnace ruins in Coalbrookdale

Iron bridge

Iron bridge

Iron bridge

Ironbridge, detail

Commemorative Plate for the visit of the Prince of Orange to Iron Bridge in 1796

William Williams, Iron Bridge, 1780, Museum of Iron

Iron pots were one of the signature products of the Darby iron works in the 18th century

Iron fountain, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Charles Muss, Coalport China Works, c. 1800. The china works were near the Darby iron works.

Iron vanity, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Iron table for the Great Exhibition of 1851, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Decorative iron bench, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Iron Black Venus, Great Exhibition, 1851, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Iron railway ties for coal mines, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Iron rails and wheel, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Hay incline

Hay incline to move coal from the mine to the river, Coalbrookdale

Drift mine tunnel, Coalbrookdale

Decayed carriage with iron steam train, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron