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IronBridgeCoalbrookdale

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Image ID :	Ironbridge002.JPG
View/Description :	General view
Image Date :	2006
Image Creator :	Jasonjsmith
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Rights Owner :	Public Domain
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Work ID :	IronBridgeCoalbrookdale
Title :	Iron Bridge Ironbridge
Creator/Agent :	Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls [ULAN] [ARCHITECT] Darby, Abraham III [CONTRACTOR] [BUILDER]
Date (of work) :	1777-79, 1781(opened)
Location/Site :	United Kingdom [TGN] England [TGN] Shropshire [TGN] Coalbrookdale [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	+52.6264-2.4729/
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Description :	cast-iron arched bridge spanning the Severn River and the Ironbridge Gorge
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Inscription :	"This bridge was cast at Coalbrookdale and erected in the year MDCCLXIXX"
Work Type :	Architecture Engineering Bridge [AAT] Arch bridge [AAT] Footbridge [AAT] Ironwork (metalwork) [AAT]
Measurements :	100 feet (30m) [LENGTH] 59 feet (18m) [CLEARANCE BELOW]
Material :	iron cast-iron
Technique :	Casting (process) [AAT], Mechanical engineering [AAT]
Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Baroque Eighteenth Century
Cultural Context :	Industrial Revolution Enlightenment European [AAT]
Subject :	Transportation Engineering [AAT] Bridges [AAT] Industrial revolution-England [LOC]
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Notes :	Iron Bridge (Coalbrookdale, England) [LC]; the first bridge of its size in the world to be made out of cast iron; an icon of the Industrial Revolution. Funds were raised for construction by selling shares; the bridge is still standing but is a pedestrian crossing only.