The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 131
ile to enquire into the truth of this assertion;for in the case before us, the merit is due solely to theEnglish, of inventing, applying, and improving Ironbridges; and it is not unnatural that, with our eminentskill in iron manufactory, that metal should be employedin the construction of bridges,… … SOTJTHWARK BRIDGE. 119 dant material, as in well-wooded districts timber wouldmost likely be adopted. The first iron bridge ever constructed was over theSevern, at Colebrook-dale in Shropshire; the metal for itwas cast at the Colebrook-dale foundries by AbrahamDarby in 1777, at the great iron-works…
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