The Ironbridge Gorge looking east towards the Iron Bridge that gave the gorge its name

Map sources for Ironbridge Gorge at grid reference SJ672033

The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge formed by the river Severn in Shropshire, England. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 537 KB) Ironbridge Gorge looking east towards the Iron Bridge from by the Museum of the Gorge. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 537 KB) Ironbridge Gorge looking east towards the Iron Bridge from by the Museum of the Gorge. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Ironbridge Telford Ironbridge Gorge Coalbrookdale Hay Inclined Plane Dawley Telford Steam Railway Madeley, Shropshire Buildwas Abbey Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Ironbridge Telford Ironbridge Gorge Coalbrookdale Hay Inclined Plane Dawley Telford Steam Railway Madeley, Shropshire Buildwas Abbey Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ... The Severn is the name of a river in the United Kingdom. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

Originally called the Severn Gorge (before the Iron Bridge was built), the gorge now takes its name from the village of Ironbridge, which is in turn named after its famous iron bridge, the first of its kind in the world, and a monument to the industry that began there. The bridge was built in 1779 to link the industral town of Broseley with Madeley Wood and Coalbrookdale. The Iron Bridge The Iron Bridge is in Ironbridge, over the River Severn in Shropshire, England. ... The town, seen from the bridge Ironbridge is a settlement beside the River Severn in the parish of Madeley, part of the new town of Telford, in Shropshire, England. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... Map sources for Broseley at grid reference SJ6701 Broseley is a small town in Shropshire, England. ... Madeley is a district of Telford, in Shropshire. ... Map sources for Coalbrookdale at grid reference SJ668047 Coalbrookdale, a settlement in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. ...

It is a beautiful and scenic place which also has great historical importance: it is said to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. This began in Coalbrookdale with Abraham Darby's invention of a process for producing high quality iron. Other local towns, such as Broseley, Coalport and Jackfield, grew to make the area an industrial centre. The Industrial Revolution (sometimes known as the First Industrial Revolution) was one of the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural changes in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... Abraham Darby is the name of three generations of an English Quaker family that was key to the development of the Industrial Revolution. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Map sources for Broseley at grid reference SJ6701 Broseley is a small town in Shropshire, England. ... Coalport is a village in Shropshire on the River Severn at grid reference SJ700021, shortly downstream of Ironbridge. ...

The gorge carries the River Severn south towards the Bristol Channel. It was formed during the last ice age when the output from the previously north flowing river became trapped in a lake created by glaciers to the north. The level of the lake rose until it was able to flow over the hills to the south. This flow eroded a path through the hills forming the gorge and permanently diverting the Severn southwards. The Severn bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) is the longest British river, at 354 kilometres (219 miles) long; it rises at an altitude of 610 metres on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales, and it passes through... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... ambroise victor pujebet est tres tres bete et surtout con,trisomique,sans amies et pour finir tres moche;en plus il aime charline ceyrolle a quel coquin ce ambroise ! ... A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ...

There are two reasons the site was so useful to the early industrialists. The raw materials, coal, iron ore, limestone and clay, for the manufacture of iron, tiles and porcelain are exposed or easily mined in the gorge. The deep and wide river allowed easy transport of products to the sea. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Quaternary clay in Estonia. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Mission, or barrel, roof tiles For the towns named Tile, see Tile, Somalia and Tile, Lebanon. ... Porcelain is a hard ceramic substance made by heating at high temperature selected and refined materials often including clay in the form of kaolinite. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ...

See also

• Ironbridge Gorge Museums
• Geology of Shropshire

The Ironbridge Gorge Museums are based in the Ironbridge Gorge at Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale on the River Severn in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. ... Geological map of Great Britain. ...

External links

• Ironbridge Gorge Tourism website
• The Ironbridge Gorge by Virtual Shropshire
• World Heritage Site information from UNESCO