Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale
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<catset>Category="Industrial Revolution"</catset><catset>Category="Telford and Wrekin"</catset><catset>Category="Villages in Shropshire"</catset>[image] Coalbrookdale, a settlement in <a href="Ironbridge Gorge">Ironbridge Gorge</a> in <a href="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>, <a href="England">England</a>, was one of the birthplaces of the <a href="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>.<p>It was where <a href="Abraham Darby">Abraham Darby</a> first used <a href="Coke (fuel)">coke</a> to <a href="Smelting">smelt</a> <a href="Iron">Iron</a> in <a href="1709">1709</a>.<p>The area still has some industry, notably an <a href="AGA cooker">Aga</a> factory, and the railway still is in operation, delivering coal to the <a href="Buildwas Power Station">Buildwas Power Station</a>.<p>[image]<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul><li> <a href="Ironbridge">Ironbridge</a> <li> <a href="Ironbridge Gorge Museums">Ironbridge Gorge Museums</a> <li> <a href="The Iron Bridge">The Iron Bridge</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">External links</h2><ul><li> <font color=#700070> Coalbrookdale tour</font> <li> <font color=#700070> Coalbrookdale Museum</font> </ul>