"A World Heritage Site set in a beautiful wooded valley
in the heart of the Shropshire countryside"
The world's first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn here in
Shropshire in 1779. This pioneering single-span cast-iron structure was a
turning point in British design and engineering; after it was built,
cast iron came to be widely used in bridges, aqueducts and buildings.
Now Britain's best-known industrial monument, the bridge gave its name
to the spectacular wooded gorge that was once an industrial powerhouse
and the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. Ironbridge Gorge is now a
World Heritage Site.
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