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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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

He had announced his intention to launch an iron boat onto the Severn near the bridge.

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

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

This area was connected with the iron industry.The church has a Tudor doorway and a Norman piscina on a carved pillar.Thomas Turner, who lived in the village in the mid-18th century, left an important

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.

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

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