Old Furnace Old Furnace No Data

Description


The birthplace of industry, it was in this furnace that the first Abraham Darby experimented with coke instead of charcoal as a fuel, and as a result created the conditions for cheap mass production of iron, and with it the Industrial Revolution

Charge


Free

Getting There


Latitude: 52.640505; Longitude: -2.492738
What3Words: readjust.spout.fuel

Photos


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Web Link


www.ironbridge.org.uk
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (14/08/2011), and on time of last update (27/08/2011) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.