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In 1768, the Company began to produce the first cast iron rails for railways. In 1778, Abraham Darby III undertook the building of the world's first cast iron bridge, the iconic Iron Bridge, opened in 1780. The fame of this bridge leads many people today to associate the Industrial Revolution with the neighbouring village of Ironbridge, but in fact most of the work was done at Coalbrookdale, as there was no settlement at Ironbridge in the eighteenth century.
In the 19th century, Coalbrookdale was noted for its decorative ironwork. It is here (for example) that the gates of London's Hyde Park were built. The blast furnaces were closed down, perhaps as early as the 1820s, but the foundries remained in use. The Coalbrookdale Company became part of an alliance of iron founding companies called Light Castings Limited. This was absorbed by Allied Iron founders Limited in 1929. This was in turn taken over by Glynwed which has since become Aga Foodservice.
Today people like to collect items made in the Coalbrookdale Foundry. Such items include Garden Benches and Garden Seats - the ranges available include - Serpent and Grape Bench, Convolvulus Bench, Rustic Pattern Bench, Oak and Ivy Bench, Gothic Pattern Bench, Fern and Blackberry Bench, Medallion Bench, Horse Chestnut Bench, Passion Flower Bench, Osmunda Regalis Bench, Osmunda Fern Bench, Water Plant Bench, Lilly of the Valley Bench, Medieval Bench, Nasturtium Bench, Italian Pattern Bench and the Laurel Bench. They were available in permutations of painted or bronze finish, with an Oak or iron seat and back. The original painted colours were green and brown. Click Here To View Our Coalbrookdale Items That We Have For Sale