Georgina Grant talks about Iron Master, Abraham Darby.
Listen here to Georgina Grant. She's the Senior Curator at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and she tells us a little about the Iron Master, Abraham Darby and why our part of Shropshire is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
When you're next visiting Netherton Foundry you must take the time to see the collection of 10 museums in Coalbrookdale near Telford, it's just up the road. To do them justice you will need to stay for a week! If you visit the Blists Hill Victorian Town site on a Wednesday, you might get to see Roger pouring iron to make Netherton Foundry cast iron trivets.
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bank holiday explore 2019
in this explore i visited an old aga foundry which closed down in 2017 and was 300 plus years old. the site was opened by a famous name Abraham darby in 1709. generations of workers and families in this amazing factory have been lost in time to decay and vandals. a lovely site to see with my own eyes and so much history to be told here. i also discovered many other amazing locations on my travels including a old listed cottage and also tried to get close to the ironbridge power stations cooling towers which didnt happen. i hope you enjoy my video and remeber to like and subscribe
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Quaker Burial Ground - Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
Quaker Burial Ground - Coalbrookdale, Shropshire - this is where the first Abraham Darby was buried. And it's jolly steep!
Coalbrookdale Run
a small run at coalbrookdale
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37605 1Z18 Coalbrookdale
37605 and 37259 power over and away from the viaduct at Coalbrookdale with 1Z18 Derby RTC - Machynlleth Track Recording Train
Beeches Hospital, Shropshire
Just an afternoon stroll around an awesome abandoned hospital close to the iconic Ironbridge in Shropshire. All shot using a GoPro Hero 4, chest mounted for hands free use. Enjoy!
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Iron Bridge (4K)
The first Iron Bridge in the world, designed by the architect Thomas Pritchard in 1775 and built by Abraham Darby III in 1777-1779. It was intended to be an advertisement for the skills of the Coalbrookdale ironmasters, and it proved a spectacular success. Artists and engineers came from all over the world to marvel at it, and Abraham Darby was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Society of Arts. Thomas Pritchard died before it was completed. #IndustrialRevolution
Shropshire homes - Conversion of the former beeches hospital, Telford NHH investigates
Former Beeches hospital conversion
New Homes Historian investigates 23/10/16
Shropshire Homes have submitted the plans for the former Beeches Hospital site, a listed building, in Beech Road.
Developers want to demolish part of the site – but only the parts, they say, that have been added on in the last century and which have no historical value.
The building was originally the Madeley Union Workhouse and was built in 1871 before becoming a hospital in the 1930s.
It was granted Grade II listed building status in 2007 and is still a hospital today, but is now in private hands and has been re-named Lincoln Grange.
A report submitted by Shropshire Homes in support of the application says: “The application consists of the conversion of the former Beeches Hospital into 36 houses after the demolition of a small part of the 19th century structure and all the 20th century additions.
“It is proposed to construct 47 new two-storey houses with associated parking to the north of the listed building on pasture land, whilst protecting and enhancing the original landscaped setting and features of the site. Six new two-storey houses will be constructed to replace the 1930s nursing accommodation to the south of the listed building.
The plans, which include a new access of Beeches Road, have been submitted to build a total of 89 homes on the site.
Eighty-five of those would be for sale on the open market, with six one-bedroom homes, 35 two-bed, 31 three-bed and 13 with four bedrooms or more. Of the other four, two would be shared ownership and the other two would be made available for rent.
A report submitted by archaeologist Nick Tavener supports the application for conversion. The demolition of 13 buildings, built later, will improve the visual appearance, he said.
He says: “The Beeches Hospital was originally purpose-built as the Madeley Union Workhouse to the pavilion plan form with Nightingale wards, the first such workhouse in Britain.
“Nearly all of the buildings of that original 1870s workhouse survive largely intact.
“The majority are in good structural order, although the original open plan wards have been considerably partitioned in recent years.”
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When was the first Metal bridge Built?
When was the first Metal bridge Built?
It was the first industrial revoluution which brought about the introduction of metal bridges.In the past,bridges were constructed of stone and timber,which were available in large quantities.Iron was used because it was much stronger than either wood or stone,and was,on the whole,less expensive to produce.Bridges made from timber or stone became fewer and fewer.
The first ever metal bridge was built in England in 1779.The Coalbrookdale Bridge,which spanned the river severn,was designed by Thomas Pritchard and built by Andrew Darby.This bridge,the first to be built solely of iron,spanned almost 100 feet across the river in an almost perfect semi-circular arrangement of cast-iron pieces.
Exploring a iron work
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.
In 1651, the manor was leased to Francis Wolfe, the clerk of the ironworks, and he and his son operated them as tenant of (or possibly manager for) Brooke's heirs. The surviving old blast furnace contains a cast-iron lintel bearing a date, which is currently painted as 1638, but an archive photograph has been found showing it as 1658. What ironworks existed at Coalbrookdale and from precisely what dates thus remains obscure. By 1688, the ironworks were operated by Lawrence Wellington, but a few years after the furnace was occupied by Shadrach Fox. He renewed the lease in 1696, letting the Great Forge and Plate Forge to Wellington.[1] Some evidence may suggest that Shadrach Fox smelted iron with mineral coal, though this remains controversial. Fox was evidently an iron founder, as he supplied round shot and grenado shells to the Board of Ordnance during the Nine Years War, but not later than April 1703, the furnace blew up. It remained derelict until the arrival of Abraham Darby the Elder in 1709. However the forges remained in use. A brass works was built sometime before 1712 (possibly as early as 1706), but closed in 1714.[2] In 1709, the first Abraham Darby rebuilt Coalbrookdale Furnace,[3] and used coke as his fuel. His business was that of an ironfounder,[3] making cast-iron pots and other goods, an activity in which he was particularly successful because of his patented foundry method, which enabled him to produce cheaper pots than his rivals. Coalbrookdale has been claimed as the home of the world's first coke-fired blast furnace; this is not strictly correct, but it was the first in Europe to operate successfully for more than a few years.[4]
Darby renewed his lease of the works in 1714, forming a new partnership with John Chamberlain and Thomas Baylies. They built a second furnace in about 1715, which was intended to be followed up with a furnace at Dolgûn near Dolgellau and taking over Vale Royal Furnace in 1718. However, Darby died prematurely in 1717, followed quickly by his widow Mary. The partnership was dissolved before Mary's death, Baylies taking over Vale Royal. After Mary's death, Baylies had difficulty extracting his capital. The works then passed to a company led by his fellow Quaker Thomas Goldney II of Bristol and managed by Richard Ford (also a Quaker). Darby's son Abraham Darby the Younger was brought into the business as an assistant manager when old enough.
The company's main business was producing cast-iron goods. Molten iron for this foundry work was not only produced from the blast furnaces, but also by remelting pig iron in air furnaces, a variant of the reverberatory furnace. The Company also became early suppliers of steam engine cylinders in this periodFrom 1720, the Company operated a forge at Coalbrookdale but this was not profitable. In about 1754, renewed experiments took place with the application of coke pig iron to the production of bar iron in charcoal finery forges. This proved to be a success, and led to the partners building new furnaces at Horsehay and Ketley. This was the beginning of a great expansion in coke ironmaking.The Old Furnace began life as a typical blast furnace, but went over to coke in 1709. Abraham Darby I used it to cast pots, kettles and other goods. His grandson Abraham Darby III smelted the iron here for the first Ironbridge, the world's first iron bridge!
The AGA Foundry at Coalbrookdale
Take a look at the Coalbrookdale Foundry, and see how AGA cookers are made.
The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge 29.05.2017
A visit to the world famous Iron Bridge near the town of Ironbridge, Shropshire. Filmed on the 29th June 2017.
The world's first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in 1779. In 1708 the blast furnace in Coalbrookdale was leased by Abraham Darby, a Quaker pot founder, who began to make iron there in 1709 using coke as his fuel instead of the customary charcoal. This was a momentous development which ultimately made possible a vast increase in iron production in Britain, a part of that series of dramatic changes which historians have called the industrial revolution. It was Abraham Darby III who was commissioned to build the iron bridge. In 1773 Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, a Shrewsbury joiner turned architect, wrote to the local ironmaster and entrepreneur John Wilkinson, suggesting an iron bridge across the river. His 1775 design proposed a single arch, avoiding the need to build piers in the river, and thus causing no obstacle to boats. A group of local businessmen commissioned the ironmaster Abraham Darby III, who estimated its cost at £3,200. This now world-famous industrial monument gave its name to the town that grew around it and to the spectacular wooded gorge that was the birthplace of the industrial revolution.
The video begins with shots and studies from various locations around the iron bridge, a truly spectacular structure. As it was also Bank Holiday Monday, a group of Morris Dancers were also performing nearby in the town.
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Filmed whilst on a day out with the family.
The Old Furnace, Coalbrookdale Shropshire
Dr Matt Thompson, Senior Curator at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, gives a brief overview of the history of the site and the furnace.
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End of an era Production has finally ceased at Coalbrookdale
After more than 300 years, production has ceased at the Coalbrookdale ironworks in Shropshire as locals turn out to applaude as workers 'hang up their boots' for the final time.
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Loamhole Dingle Nature Walk - Part Two: The Quaker Graves
I am continuing my walk in Loamhole Dingle with Lee Proudfoot and heading to the Quaker Graves.
The Quaker burial ground in Coalbrookdale where many members of the Darby family are buried. They were iron masters who owned the ironworks which supplied materials for the Iron Bridge.
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The Ironbridge (Shropshire)
Built by Abraham Darby III and now recognised as one of the great symbols of the Industrial Revolution, the remarkable Iron Bridge still dominates the small town that bears its name. Marvel at the world’s first cast-iron bridge. You can discover the secrets of how and why the Iron Bridge was built in an exhibition within the original Tollhouse
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