Coalbrookdale: Origins of the Industrial Revolution - Denis Smith 1985
Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge Aerials
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE - Ironbridge - Coalport - Coalbrookdale round
The AGA Foundry at Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale Darby Handfed Coal/Wood Stove
Coalbrookdale Bells
1981 coalbrookdale much wenlock rebuilt and fired true multi fuel woodburning stove
Richard Trevithick's Coalbrookdale Locomotive
Rare Antique Vintage Old CoalBrookdale Willcox Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine
Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Antique Reclaimed Fountain
Pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium Pattern Garden Benches
Coalbrookdale Gothic Pattern Garden Bench
Antique Coalbrookdale Lilly of the Valley Garden Bench
AGA Cast Iron Foundry - Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
Coalbrookdale: Origins of the Industrial Revolution - Denis Smith 1985
Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge Aerials
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE - Ironbridge - Coalport - Coalbrookdale round
The AGA Foundry at Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale Darby Handfed Coal/Wood Stove
Coalbrookdale Bells
1981 coalbrookdale much wenlock rebuilt and fired true multi fuel woodburning stove
Richard Trevithick's Coalbrookdale Locomotive
Rare Antique Vintage Old CoalBrookdale Willcox Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine
Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Antique Reclaimed Fountain
Pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium Pattern Garden Benches
Coalbrookdale Gothic Pattern Garden Bench
Antique Coalbrookdale Lilly of the Valley Garden Bench
AGA Cast Iron Foundry - Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
Tracy talks about Coalbrookdale workers down time - walks around the gorge
Antique Coalbrookdale Water Plant Garden Bench
The Great Coalbrookdale Comeback: Mesnes Park, Wigan
Severn River Flooding in Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Tues 11th Feb
Coalbrookdale Pannier 3 Nov 2007
Coalbrookdale Fountain switch on 30th June 2013
2442 - Guest House in Coalbrookdale Shropshire For Sale
'Coalbrookdale locomotive'
1981 coalbrookdale much wenlock wood burning stove sold
English pub
Shropshire Tourism & Leisure Awards 2013
Railroad History: "King of the Rails" 1915 General Electric
Ironbridge Gorge, England 3D HSBS
The River Liffey and the Ha' Penny Bridge in Dublin, Ireland
Shrewbury, Ironbridge and Telford Aug 2010
Palace of Westminster - London - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Reclaimed Teak Garden Furniture, Cartwheel Bench, Root Wood Bench. etc
Water coming from fountains in Rome Italy.
Tontine Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire.
Ironbridge Shropshire September 2010
Ironbridge Gorge Museums TV Campaign
Iron Bridge (1970-1979)
Quakers Burial Ground, Bristol, near St Mary Redcliffe Church
WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF BRITAIN:
Village Farm, Sheriffhales, Shropshire
MECCANUITY 2014
Synthesis : Custodian 2 and 3 with Chris Gray & Alan Moorhouse
Gi It Some Ommer - ep 5 1984 - Black Country Documentary
Clayton Biofuels Project
How I Restored This Wood Burning Stove PART 2 *Step by Step *DIY
BBC - The Genius Of Design 1 of 5 (legendado)
Anton Piatigorsky "The Iron Bridge"
Occupy History PSU Part 1 Joe Uris Why No Revolution? A Short History of American Left Movements
Isaac Newton: His life and Work - Simon Schaffer 1983
The Luddites (1988)
The Old Curiosity Shop audiobook - part 1
Industrial Revolution
Water Power and the Industrial Revolution: Denis Smith
Science and the English Enlightenment: Simon Schaffer 1982
Going Over to the Other Side - Dr Dave Barker - Heritage Bible College and Seminary
A collection of some of the wild and domestic animals captured on our walks
Why The Industrial Revolution Happened Here
Flitwick Church Bells 2013
Do Siu Chun in Sam the Iron Bridge (1993)
Telford & Wrekin Council AGM 29th May 2014
Blast furnace
The Norman Conquest: HR Loyn 1982
2014 Coalbrookdale Apple Day
Coalbrookdale Leavers Ball
Enginuity, Fab Lab and Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale Fountain, Mesnes Park, Wigan.
coalbrookdale fallen tree
The waterfall @ Loamhole & Lydebrook dingle nr Coalbrookdale
Urban Skiing in Coalbrookdale
Single Most Impressive Victorian Cast Iron Coalbrookdale Hall Stand - c.1860's
Ironbridge & Coalbrookdale - June 2012
JJ Riding Killer Hill, Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines in the sides of the valley. As it contained far fewer impurities than normal coal, the iron it produced was of a superior quality. Along with many other industrial developments that were going on in other parts of the country, this discovery was a major factor in the growing industrialisation of Britain, which was to become known as the Industrial Revolution. Today, Coalbrookdale is home to the Ironbridge Institute, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust offering postgraduate and professional development courses in heritage.
Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Madeley and the adjacent Little Wenlock belonged to Much Wenlock Priory. At the Dissolution there was a bloomsmithy called "Caldebroke Smithy". The manor passed about 1572 to John Brooke, who developed coal mining in his manor on a substantial scale. His son Sir Basil Brooke was a significant industrialist, and invested in ironworks elsewhere. It is probable that he also had ironworks at Coalbrookdale, but evidence is lacking. He also acquired an interest in the patent for the cementation process of making steel in about 1615. Though forced to surrender the patent in 1619, he continued making iron and steel until his estate was sequestrated during the Civil War, but the works continued in use.
Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. Born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from a young age. The son of a mining captain, he performed poorly in school, but went on to be an early pioneer in steam-powered rail. His most significant contribution was to the development of the first high pressure steam engine, he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. On 21 February 1804 the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.
Turning his interests abroad, Trevithick also worked as a mining consultant in Peru and later explored parts of Costa Rica. Throughout his professional career, he went through many ups and downs, and at one point faced financial ruin, also suffering from the strong rivalry of many mining and steam engineers of the day. During the prime of his career, he was a well-respected and known figure in mining and engineering, but near the end of his life and after he fell out of the public eye. Today, his legacy is mostly known to the mining, engineering, and railway circles.