Campaign to conserve the ‘Symbol of the Industrial Revolution’

Posted on 9 Nov 2018 by The Manufacturer
The Coalbrookdale Company once ran the largest ironworks in the world, employing over 3000 men and boys. Here, company workers are pictured on pay day.

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is hoping to raise £2m to preserve the area UNESCO describes as the ‘Symbol of the Industrial Revolution.’

The Coalbrookdale Company once ran the largest ironworks in the world, employing over 3,000 men and boys. Here, company workers are pictured on pay day – image courtesy of Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. With all the current talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – characterised by artificial intelligence, big data, analytics…

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