Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale is a village in the unitary authority Telford and Wrekin near Shrewsbury in England. She is one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution.

Leased in 1709 Abraham Darby I, the local steel mill and improved the smelting of iron ore by the use of stone instead of charcoal. His grandson, Abraham Darby III, built not far from Coalbrookdale The Iron Bridge, the first iron bridge opened in 1781 in the world.

As a result of flagging sales poured in 1767 Richard Reynolds, one of the owners of the Coalbrookdale ironworks, cast iron bars in plate form in stock. To be able to use this in the meantime sense, he had so worn wooden planks rails of the railway cottage design, where they met the intended purpose perfectly. This is regarded as the birth of iron rails for vehicle wheels.

Even today, settled in the area industry.