Reconstruction illustration showing people operating the Darby Furnace at Coalbrookdale. Bellows operated by a waterwheel pushed air into the furnace, raw materials were placed into the top and molten iron and slag drawn off from the bottom

Date:
1992 - 1993
Location:
Darby Furnace, The Gorge, Coalbrookdale Ironworks, Telford And Wrekin
Reference:
IC146/006
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The illustration is reproduced as figure 24 on page 39 of the English Heritage Book of Ironbridge Gorge by Catherine Clark (1993).

The remains of the building are Grade I Listed under the name The Old Furnace at Coalbrookdale Ironworks.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC146 Ironbridge Gorge, The Gorge, Telford And Wrekin; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Stuart Lead Smelter