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Ironbridge covers six square miles of the Ironbridge Gorge near TelfordThe first iron rails, wheels, steam train, and boats and site of the first cast-iron bridge often linked to the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. it was located in Telford,Shropshire.This, the world's first iron bridge was cast by local ironmaster Abraham Darby and erected over the River Seven in 1779.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has 8 museums covering a total of 80 acres. The Iron Bridge and Tollhouse, Blists Hill Victorian Town, Museum of iron and Darby Furnace, the Darby Houses, Museum of the Gorge, Coalport china museum, Jackfield Tile Museum, Broseley Pipeworks, Clay tobacco pipe museum and the teddy bear shop.
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