Trustworthy, administrator
11,900
edits
Changes
m
[[File:Coalbrookdale Station.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Coalbrookdale Station]]Coalbrookdale is situated on the opposite bank of the [[River Severn]] from the Severn Valley Railway and . The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Before construction: 1845-1858|first plans for the Severn Valley Railway]] proposed that the north end of the line should proceed towards Coalbrookdale. However following public meetings in October 1852, a route towards [[Shrewsbury]] was ultimately built instead.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] pp. 21-22.</ref> [[File:Coalbrookdale Station.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Coalbrookdale Station]]Consequently, it was served by a station on the GWR's Wellington to Craven Arms Branch which crossed the Severn Valley Branch at [[Buildwas]]. Passenger services commenced 1 November 1864. [[Albert Edward Bridge]] provided the river crossing between Buildwas and Coalbrookdale.
add pictures
==The Coalbrookdale Company==
The Coalbrookdale Company was formed by Abraham Darby I in 1709 when he acquired the lease to the Coalbrookdale furnace. In 1768 his grandson Abraham Darby III began to produce the first cast-iron rails for railways, and in 1778 began casting parts for the world's first cast-iron bridge at Ironbridge which opened in 1780.<ref name=SH>[http://shropshirehistory.com/iron/coalbrookdale.htm Shropshire History]</ref>
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">
Cropped in of The Iron Bridge in 2014.jpg|The Iron Bridge
</gallery>
In 1802 the Company made the high pressure boiler and engine for one of Richard Trevithick’s early locomotives, a predecessor of [[Catch Me Who Can]].<ref name=SH/> It also built a number of its own standard gauge steam locomotives of which Number 5, built in 1865, is preserved as an exhibit in Enginuity, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums based at the Coalbrookdale site.<ref name=IGT/>
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Trevithick_replica_20110531.jpg|Trevithick locomotive replica at Blists Hill Museum, Ironbridge in 2011.</gallery> The Coalbrookdale Company was responsible for the manufacture of the ironwork of [[Victoria Bridge]] which was built between 1859 and 1861and [[Albert Edward Bridge]]. It had previously produced the ironwork for [[Brooksmouth Bridge]], built in 1828, which can be seen from the SVR near [[Borle Viaduct]]. The 39ft diameter waterwheel wheel at [[Daniel's Mill]] was also cast by the Company circa 1855.
==Railways associated with Coalbrookdale==
Passenger services were withdrawn from 23 July 1962. The line was subsequently used by coal and other freight trains travelling to [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Before construction: 1845-1858|first plans for the Severn Valley RailwayIronbridge power station]] proposed that the north end of until its closure in November 2015. In 2019 the line should proceed towards Coalbrookdalewas mooted by Network Rail (NR) to be mothballed. However following public meetings in October 1852, a route towards [[Shrewsbury]] was ultimately built insteadTelford Steam Railway have set out plans to extend southwards through the station.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall https://steamingtoironbridge.co.uk/ 'Steaming to Ironbridge', Telford Steam Railway website] (1989Retrieved 22 October 2018)]] pp. 21-22.</ref>
==See also==
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale Coalbrookdale on Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale_railway_station Coalbrookdale Station on Wikipedia]
*[https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/coalbrookdale-museum-of-iron/ Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron page]
