Coalbrookdale – Valley of Invention

Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Grant, Georgina
Abstract

The Coalbrookdale Company is credited with developing ironworking technologies that made the Industrial Revolution possible. This online talk by Georgina Grant will chart the innovations made by the Coalbrookdale Company, including their most famous creation – the world’s first iron bridge – and the impact their technologies had on how people lived, worked and communicated across the world.

Organisational unit
Science & Technology
Event title
National Heritage Ironwork Group
Publisher
National Heritage Ironwork Group
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In Copyright
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