Abraham Darby III

Abraham Darby III (1750-1791) was an English ironmaster and Quaker.

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1750 - 1791 - English - Ironmaster - Quaker

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He carried on his family's tradition of improving the art of smelting iron. His most famous achievement was the building of the largest cast iron structure of the time: a bridge over the Severn. The bridge's importance caused the village of Ironbridge, Shropshire to grow up around it, with the area being subsequently named Ironbridge Gorge.

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Smelting - Iron - Cast iron - Severn - Ironbridge - Shropshire - Ironbridge Gorge

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The two key themes of Darby's life – iron and the Quakers – and the character himself are present in a fantasy novel called The Iron Bridge by David Morse http://fqa.quaker.org/types/t10-iron.html.

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Fantasy - Novel

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