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Abraham Darby bought a furnace in 1706 and began experimenting with ways of smelting iron by using coke rather than charcoal In 1709 he mastered the technique and changed the world.

Just south-east of Stopham Bridge is the confluence of the Arun and its most important tributary, the Western Rother, previously known as the Turning Stream or Westwater, which extended to Fittleworth,

The Bridge was a busy tram interchange and terminus. After Wolverhampton, Walsall is the largest of the Black Country towns.

It is high summer, judging by the height of the River Teign and the shirt sleeves of the farm labourers.

Bakewell's five-arched 14th-century bridge over the River Wye is one of its greatest glories. It is still carrying traffic 600 years after it was built.

This view looks back towards the junction with Church Street and Peel Street again; the upper view of the buildings is little changed from earlier days.

The corner of Bridge Street and Buttermarket Street (left) was rebuilt just before the First World War. By 1955 the old-established butchers, Singletons, had given way to Woodhouse's furniture shop.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds. The bridge in the foreground is over the Barn Gill.

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

This view shows the bridge into the castle, recently renewed, and the apse or semi-circular projection. This, like the one at the Tower of London, housed the castle chapel.

A much earlier bridge was replaced by this one in 1853; at that time, the harbour was being improved for the export of copper ore and import of coal.

The name of the bridge reflects the local trade which once existed in the area and, as in 60080 (page 84), the level nature of the towpath was an attraction for walkers 100 years ago, as

In 1752, William Vick bequeathed money towards the eventual bridging of the Gorge. It was not until 1829 that a competition was held for engineers and architects to submit designs.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

The meeting of the East and West Dart rivers has drawn tourists for as long as transport has been available.

This stretch of the river to the left of the bridge is now Riverside Gardens, but in 1893 it was known as Gunstock Wharf.

The elegant double-span bridge over the River Derwent at Froggatt dates from the 17th century; it is unusual in that it has a large, pointed central arch nearer to the village and a smaller one on the

The last train was on 28 January 1967, and the line is now the Camel Trail, a superb cycleway. The bridge in the picture is just south of Padstow.

The camera is probably on London Bridge, looking downstream across a quieter Pool. To the right is Pickle Herring Quay and Hay's Dock.

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

Out of sight and beyond the bridge to the left is the new County Hall.

Children and their mothers pose while the men are out at work, fishing or farming. Slate slabs form bridges over the roadside gutters.

This massive medieval structure, formed of flint and ruddy Dutch bricks, squats close by the river, near Bishop Bridge.