SHROPSHIRE; IRONBRIDGE; BLISTS HILL VICTORIAN TOWN; BLAST FURNACE

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The blast furnace replaced former methods of smelting. Up to 1709 furnaces could only use charcoal for producing iron but Abraham Darby succeeded in smelting iron using coke as fuel

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Location: Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge
Photo credit: © Jean Hall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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