The Most Important Pile of Bricks in the World

Richard Donkin

Chapter Chapter 5 in The History of Work, 2010, pp 57-71 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Most religions have their altars, the focus of worship and contemplation, and there is no more fitting altar for the religion of work than Abraham Darby’s forge at Ironbridge in Coalbrookdale, an unassuming village set in undulating farmland not far from England’s border with Wales. Protected today by a canopy and bathed in floodlights, this crumbling brick structure is the womb that gave birth to industry on a scale that would transform the way people lived and worked.

Keywords: Cast Iron; Eighteenth Century; Industrial Revolution; Steam Engine; Steam Power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230282179_5

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