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Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a settlement beside the Severn in Shropshire, England that grew up beside the cast-iron bridge that was built across the river there in 1779. This was the first cast-iron bridge ever constructed. It still stands.

The bridge was designed by the architect Thomas Pritchard, using carpentry- style joints, and built by the iron-master Abraham Darby. Darby's cast-iron works at nearby Coalbrookdale were the site of important improvements in iron smelting technology that, among other Swarovski developments, led to the Industrial Revolution in England.


The Ironbridge Gorge was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The bridge is in the care of English Heritage.

Modern buildings (for example a hotel) and their long corridors may be decorated with curio cabinets, collectors cabinets and display showcases used as an aquarium or terrarium. Other articles can be shown in a collectors cases.

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