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40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 22cm
Description
The Coalbrookdale Company was founded by Abraham Darby in 1707, and managed by members of the Darby family until 1849. The company is best known for the building of the world's first cast iron bridge, acros the Severn at Ironbridge, Shropshire, which was completed in 1781.
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