Ironbridge, Places
Ironbridge
The area around Ironbridge is described by those promoting it as a tourist destination as the “Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution”. This description is based on the idea that Abraham Darby perfected the technique of smelting iron with coke, in Coalbrookdale, allowing much cheaperproduction of iron. Smelting iron by Darby was but one small part of this generalised revolution and was soon […]