Ironbridge
Ironbridge is a place next to Iron Bridge , the world's first iron bridge built over the Severn in 1779 , from which the place takes its name. To make the bridge known, the river valley formerly known as Severn Gorge was also renamed Ironbridge Gorge .
The place belongs to the parish ( civil parish ) The Gorge in the district ( Borough ) Telford and Wrekin , a Unitary Authority (independent local authority) in Shropshire , England .
The town quickly became the commercial and administrative center for the surrounding industrial towns such as Coalbrookdale and Madeley on one side and Broseley on the other side of the River Severn. The bridge's owners also built a hotel to allow visitors to visit the bridge and the surrounding industrial attractions. The place had a railway connection until 1964, when the great days of the coal and steel industry were over.
In 1967 the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust was established, a foundation to preserve the 35 industrial monuments in Ironbridge Gorge, which are administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage .
In 1986 Ironbridge and the Ironbridge Gorge and its industrial monuments were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Web links
- Ironbridge Gorge Tourist Board ( Memento from August 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- Ironbridge Gorge Museum. Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
- Map of UNESCO World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
- Ironbridge UK. In: TV series Treasures of the World . Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
Heritage: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral (1986) | Ironbridge Gorgewith The Iron Bridge (1986) | Studley Royal Park with the ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986) | Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Monuments of Megalithic Culture (1986) | King Edward's castles and city walls in Gwynedd (1986) | Blenheim Palace (1987) | Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey with St Margaret's Church (1987) | Downtown Bath (1987) | Borders of the Roman Empire : Hadrian's Wall (1987) and Antonine Wall (2008) | Tower of London (1988) | Cathedral , St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church in Canterbury (1988) | Edinburgh Old and New Town (1995) | Maritime Greenwich (1997) | The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999) | Old town of Saint George's (Bermuda) with fortifications (2000) | Blaenavon industrial landscape (2000) | New Lanark Industrial Model Estate (2001) | Saltaire industrial village (2001) | Derwent Valley Mills (2001) | Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew (2003) | Liverpool - Maritime Trade City (2004, R ) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006) | Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (2009) | Forth Bridge (2015) | Gorham Cave (2016) | Lake District (2017) | Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory (2019)
Natural Heritage: Giant's Causeway and Coast (1986) | Henderson (Pitcairn Islands) (1988) | Gough Island and Inaccessible (1995) | Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: St. Kilda (Scotland) (1986)
Coordinates: 52 ° 37'43 " N , 2 ° 29'6" W.