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Ironbridge Gorge

Heritage site, United Kingdom.

About Ironbridge Gorge

Canyon in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK. Listed with UNESCO World Heritage id 371 (Wikidata).1

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An example ofBlaenavonAnother heritage site in the United Kingdom: Blaenavon.1An example ofCornwall and West Devon Mining LandscapeAnother heritage site in the United Kingdom: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q647958 (Ironbridge Gorge)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Pictures: Timna in de Negevwoestijn; rotspartij "de zuilen van Salomo", Poll, Willem van de / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Dolcoath tin mine, Camborne, Cornwall: miners in a mine shaft, standing on wooden platforms connected by ladders. Photograph by J. C. Burrow, 1890/1910., Burrow, J. C., 1852-1914 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Mijnramp Bois du Caizier, Marcinelle, België. Schacht, Rossem, Wim van / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).