Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
From a plaque next to the kilns:
Under tremendous heat, rock-hard limestone was transformed into powdery-fine lime in the lime kilns that you see. Limestone, first quarried and later mixed, was brought from vast deposits on Lincoln Hill, which rises behind the kilns. Though lime kilns have been found in the Gorge since medieval [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2012
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The world’s first cast iron bridge was built over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in 1779.
From Wiki:
In the early eighteenth century, the only way to cross the Severn Gorge was by ferry. However, the industries that were growing in the area of Coalbrookdale and Broseley needed a more reliable crossing.
In 1773, Thomas Farnolls Pritchard[1] wrote [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2012
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These photographs were taken in Dale End today…
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2012
