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Abraham Darby III (24 April 1750 – 1789) was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third man of that name in several generations of an English Quaker family that played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution.
Abraham Darby (born 1678?, near Dudley, Worcestershire, Eng.—died March 8, 1717, Madeley Court, Worcestershire) was a British ironmaster who first successfully smelted iron ore with coke. Darby, who had used coke in smelting copper in Bristol, in 1708 founded the Bristol Iron Company.
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Abraham Darby III. 1750-1791. English inventor who built the world's first cast-iron bridge. Darby's bridge, which crossed the Severn River in Coalbrookdale in England, was a major improvement over the wooden or masonry bridges that preceded it.
Apr 24, 2019 · Learn about the English iron manufacturer who built the first iron bridge over the River Severn in 1779. Discover how he used coke-fired blast furnaces, sand-casting, and woodworking joints to create a landmark of the Industrial Revolution.
May 29, 2018 · Abraham Darby III assisted in the design of the Severn River Bridge by incorporating iron into the construction. The bridge, built in 1779, was the world's first iron bridge. After Abraham Darby III's death in the late 1700s, the company produced the first locomotive engine, which incorporated iron in the design of a high-pressure boiler.
Feb 12, 2009 · Learn about the Darby family's contribution to the industrial revolution in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Abraham Darby III built the iconic Ironbridge over the gorge in 1779.
Overseen by Darby’s grandson Abraham Darby III after Pritchard’s death, it was to be a cast iron single-span bridge of 30 metres, with five main semicircular ribs. The radical new structure, which formally opened on New Year’s Day 1781, used a total of 378 tons of iron at a cost of around £6,000 – significantly more than the £3,200 ...
