Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge and Jackfield Shropshire
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The line was killed off the surviving river traffic carried by the River Severn. The railway was opened in 1864. It was closed in the 1960's though part of it still carries coal and wood pulp across the viaduct and over the Albert Edward Bridge to the Ironbridge Power Station. The Coalbrookdale Viaduct is brick built twenty six arched structure.
The area around Ironbridge is described as the birthplace of the Industrial revolution because it is near the place where Abraham Darby I perfected the technique of smelting iron with coke. The grandson of the first Abraham Darby. Abarham Darby III built the famous bridge- originally designed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard to link the two areas. Construction began in 1779 and opened on New Years Day 1781. In 1986 Ironbridge became part of the UNESCO world heritage Site.
Jackfield is famous for Tile making. Jackfield was constructed on a particularly unstable part of Ironbridge Gorge, where several landslips have been recorded. The landslip of 1952 devastated the of core of Jackfield. Flooding also badly affects parts of Jackfield from time to time. There is still a wooden road that moves with the ground. Very nervous to drive over and it as moved such a lot.
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