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Coalbrookdale is a famous Foundry in England that has been credited with some major "firsts" in the field of Iron Casting.
The [[foundry was the site of the first coke-fired iron smelting furnace in the world, built by Abraham Darby in 1708 out of an existing charcoal furnace.
The first blast day for the new furnace was 10 January 1709, and from the start, Darby produced cheap iron pots using a new, dry-sand mold technique, with complete success.
They casted iron rails for the first trains as well as the worlds first cast iron bridge. More information on this famous foundry can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale
In more recent history, the foundry exported stoves to the USA. Models included the Darby (pictured below) Severn, Much Wenlock and Little Wenlock.