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Coalbrookdale - Definition and Overview

Coalbrookdale, a settlement in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution.

It was where Abraham Darby first used coke to smelt iron in 1709.

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