News

The Iron Bridge, a 100-foot crossing that spans the River Severn in Shropshire, was the world’s first cast iron bridge. It was a signal to the world that England’s ability to craft superlative ...
In November 1777, Abraham Darby III began designing and erecting 378 tons of cast iron, to build a bridge in the Shropshire gorge, on the banks of the River Severn. The bridge was completed in ...
Cast iron contains high levels of carbon ... James Eads used alloy steel in the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River -- the first steel bridge built in America.
After 1709, Coalbrookdale saw other achievements, such as the first cast-iron bridge - built over the River Severn - and the first cast-iron framed building - built in Shrewsbury.
A great tubular iron bridge is now being constructed at Newcastle, England, and will be completed in about two years, for the Egyptian Railroad, which crosses the Nile about midway between Cairo ...