The Iron Bridge Gorge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire In 1773, Thomas Farnolls Pritchard wrote to a neighborhood ironmaster, John Wilkinson of Broseley, to suggest creating a bridge out of cast iron. By 1775, Pritchard experienced finalised the options, but he died in December 1777, only a month after do the job had begun. Abraham Darby III, who… Continue reading Iron Bridge