Images from two major events in the Ironbridge Gorge: Coalbrookdale 300 Launch, which celebrates Abraham Darby’s discovery of the smelting of iron with coke 300 years ago. The ceremony included the unveiling of a huge painting of the Gorge by local school children. At the nearby Blists Hill Victorian Town we were invited to view Canal Street before it was opened to the public. This is the first phase of a massive £12 million development at the Victorian Museum in Ironbridge and includes an entire new Victorian street and artisans’ quarter.

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