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Ironbridge from the north bank.
The Coalbrookdale ironworks nearby produced the first iron wheels, the first iron rails, the first iron boat, the first iron aqueduct, the first iron-framed building and this iron bridge. The worth of iron as a building material was proven when within a year a flood had washed away all the other bridges except this one.
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Looking down on the bridge from the upper storey of the Old Toll House which is on the south bank.
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Ironbridge.
An old Milepost. What it actually indicates is that Shrewsbury (Shrewsby) is 13 miles and Ironbridge (Ironbre) is 0 miles and 1 furlong (fur).
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