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In its earliest days the Carno ford was used for the conveyance, by mule and pack horse, of iron ore to the Dowlais Iron Works from the Ras Bryn iron mines.

This area was connected with the Sussex iron industry in the 17th century.

Wadhurst is high up in the forest ridge and was noted for its market and iron industry. The church of St Peter and St Paul has many cast iron graveslabs in the floor.

He had invested capital in the Cambrian Iron and Spelter works which he too renamed the Llynfi Iron Works.

This area was connected with the Sussex iron industry in the 17th century.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. The Abbey was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains.

Though Buildwas is famed for its ruined abbey, it was here that Thomas Telford's first iron bridge was erected.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. The Abbey was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district.

The village grew from about the 14th century as people migrated into Weardale following the discovery of iron ore and further veins of lead.

The Bessemer industrial process of rendering cast iron malleable by the introduction of air into the fluid metal to remove carbon was an improved iron smelting process that produced large quantities

It was constructed primarily of wood, except for the section that passes over the river bed, which is of iron girders and pile-driven steel cylinders.

Councillor Frederick Monks of the Monks Hall Iron Foundry presented the Town Hall Gates to Warrington on Walking Day, 28 June 1895.

This resulted in the erection of a wide variety of ornate iron bandstands, many of which were selected from illustrations in pattern books issued by the various ironworks.

Some buildings made of corrugated iron are now listed as being of architectural or historic interest.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. Kirkstall was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey.

To the left, the stone ramparts of Worlebury Iron Age Hillfort can be seen on the very top of the hill.

Also here was the Iron Hall which belonged to the castle chapel of St Mary, from which it drew rents.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. Kirkstall was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey.

Old Sarum, an Iron Age fort, a junction for four Roman roads, a cathedral town and the original Salisbury, reveals its past with this display of excavated artefacts.

He had announced his intention to launch an iron boat onto the Severn near the bridge. Everyone knew iron was heavier than water, so the boat must sink. It didn't.

The iron bridge, for which the town is now named, was built in 1779.

Long a centre of iron and steel making, using the iron-rich local limestone, Corby already had a vast 1930s steelworks and a population of about 15,000 swamping the original small village when it was designated

Museum Terrace, just to the left of the iron bridge in New London Road, was built in the 1840s.