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Newest Review: ... furnace over three months to produce; this was because the maximum one furnace could produce was 4 tonnes at a time. The bridge eventually cost £6,000 to build and put Darby into serious debt which he remained for the rest of his life; his wife cleared his debts after his death. The bridge officially opened on New Year's Day 1781 and you originally had to pay toll costs, for example carriages drawn by six horses, mares, geldings or mules would have to pay 2d to get across and for a calf, pig or sheep it would be 1/2d. This is the birth place of the Industrial Revolution. One of the many hotels I mentioned earlier is called the Tontine H... more

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Crowned ReviewIronbridge in general: A Heavy Metal Visit to Ironbridge (4506 words)
by - written on 08/09/09 (Very useful, 385 readings)
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~~IRONBRIDGE~~ Due to circumstances beyond our control we had to cancel our summer break away in the caravan at Barmouth, hubby needed to go into work most days, so we decided to visit some of our local attractions to where we live. You know what it's like as you live there you never really get around to doing the tourist visits and Shropshire has a lot of wonderful countryside and places to visit. We live around 1 mile out of Ironbridge and I have on many occasions in the past walked my dogs down to it, we have a walk called the Silken Way and it takes you through the estates and the green belt land right across Telford, it also takes you ...  Read the complete review

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