After pulling out as the anchor of the Courthouse Landing development in Chesterfield, VCU Health has scooped up some land ...
In November 1777, Abraham Darby III began designing and erecting 378 tons of cast iron, to build a bridge in the Shropshire gorge, on the banks of the River Severn. The bridge was completed in ...
It took 38 tons of red paint to coat the entire bridge. For many years ... earned him the nickname "magician of iron." ...
Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (New York), 1969; pp. 52-64. Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton ...
After 1709, Coalbrookdale saw other achievements, such as the first cast-iron bridge - built over the River Severn - and the first cast-iron framed building - built in Shrewsbury.