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thumbThe Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge formed by the River Severn in Shropshire, England.

Originally called the Severn Gorge, the gorge now takes its name from its famous Iron Bridge, the first iron bridge of its kind in the world, and a monument to the industry that began there. The bridge was built in 1779 to link the industrial town of Broseley with the smaller mining town of Madeley and the growing industrial centre of Coalbrookdale.

There are two reasons the site was so useful to the early industrialists. The raw materials, coal, iron ore, limestone and clay, for the manufacture of iron, tiles and porcelain are exposed or easily mined in the gorge. The deep and wide river allowed easy transport of products to the sea.

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In the early eighteenth century the only way to cross the Severn Gorge was by ferry. However, the industries that were growing in the area of Coalbrookdale and Broseley needed a more reliable crossing. In 1773, Thomas Farnolls Pritchard wrote to a local ironmaster, John Wilkinson of Broseley, to suggest building a bridge out of cast iron.
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Stourbridge News--These include a gold award for its work on the £9 million project to extend the Blists Hill Victorian Town on behalf of the -Ironbridge Gorge- Museum Trust.--- - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:07:50 GMT+00:00
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Pits n Pots---...- LLP & Wolverhampton Arts & Heritage, British Sugar UK & Ireland & Snibston (Leicestershire County Council) and Capgemini & -Ironbridge Gorge- Museum Trust.--- - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:36:27 GMT+00:00
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Marlborough Express---...- Rowing Club before the boats go on trailers and travel west to the Buller River for a leg from the -Iron Bridge- in the upper Buller -Gorge- to Westport.--- - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:00:40 GMT+00:00

World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom

EnglandBath * Blenheim Palace * Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church * Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape * Derwent Valley Mills * Durham Castle and Cathedral * Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall) * Ironbridge Gorge * Jurassic Coast * Kew Gardens * Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City * Maritime Greenwich * Saltaire * Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites * Studley Royal Park and Fountains Abbey * Tower of London * Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church
ScotlandEdinburgh Old Town and New Town * Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Antonine Wall) * Heart of Neolithic Orkney * New Lanark * St. Kilda
WalesBlaenavon Industrial Landscape * Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd * Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Northern IrelandGiant's Causeway
British overseas territoriesGough Island and Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha * Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands * Town of St George and Related Fortifications



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