The Iron Bridge
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title:
The Iron Bridge
text:
The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. Its success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The geography of the deep Ironbridge Gorge, formed by glacial action during the last ice age, meant that there are industrially useful deposits of coal, iron ore,
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Bridge across the River Severn in Shropshire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge
date created:
2005-10-08T17:46:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:25:11Z
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