The Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire is one of the cradles of
industrialisation. At its heart is the Iron Bridge spanning the
River Severn, one of the world’s first iron bridges and an iconic
image of the Industrial Revolution. The area’s role in helping to
transform Britain into the world’s first industrial society
earned it UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1986.
Industrialisation in and around the gorge was shaped and
constrained by the landscape and this is reflected in the range of
extractive, manufacturing, and transport sites in the area. These
include Abraham Darby’s coke-fired iron furnace of 1709, the
first steel furnace in England at the Upper Forge, brick and tile
works, canals, tramways, and workers’ housing. The Archaeology of
Ironbridge in 20 Digs explores a range of sites and material
evidence excavated from the 1970s to the 2010s. It combines
archaeological excavation with the analysis of the industrial and
domestic buildings that helped to create the Ironbridge industrial
community, and which continue to form an integral part of this
internationally important twenty-first century landscape.
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