The Ironbridge Gorge is known across the world as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. This year the area celebrates 300 years since Abraham Darby I's methods of iron smelting led the way ...

It was here that Abraham Darby pioneered the art and science of smelting iron ... production of cast iron economically viable and would be a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution.

Its population of about 500,000 was, however, gaining an expanding industrial ... Iron-making in Pontypool and Bersham, lead and silver mining in Flintshire and Cardiganshire, copper smelting ...

The world's first iron structure ... a part of industrial history! Set in the heart of the Severn Gorge, the area soon became known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and is now ...

Many visitors to Oxford are surprised to learn that it was once a major American industrial center. Iron mining, smelting and fabrication began there before the American Revolution. What was it ...

By successfully smelting iron using coke, rather than charcoal, Abraham Darby I was the man who effectively kickstarted the Industrial Revolution, which is why Coalbrookdale lays claim to be its ...

A metallurgical process that was crucial to the Industrial Revolution was invented by Black ... “This innovation is the basis of suspension bridges, iron ship building, textile mills,” says ...