Dynasty of Ironfounders. The Darbys and Coalbrookdale
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- Author(s) Raistrick, Arthur
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 2nd ed; 331pp; illus
- Publisher Sessions Book Trust
- Place Published York
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- Name Power & fuel history
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1953. An early scholarly account of the Coalbrookdate business and the Darby family and its associates from their origins in business to the mid 19th century. Chapters include: 'The Coalbrookdale Company - an outline'; 'Abraham Darby I, 1699-1708 - the Bristol companies'; 'Coalbrookdate Works, 1708-1717'; 'Richard Ford, 1717-45. Abraham Darby II, 1732-38'; 'Abraham Darby II, 1738-63'; 'Richard Reynolds, 1763-72. Abraham Darby III, 1768-89'; 'Furnace and foundry, 1708-1807'; 'The steam engine, 1722-72'; 'The steam engine, 1772-1805'; 'Railways and canals, 1745-1800'; 'The Iron Bridge and other bridges, 1778-1863'; 'Richard Dearman, 1789-1803'; 'Edmund Darby, 1803-10. Barnard Dickinson, 1810-27'; 'Abraham Darby IV and Alfred Darby, 1827-51'; 'The mid century - the Great Exhibition, 1851'. Includes family tree of John Darby. Appendices include profit and loss account of Coalbrookdale Co, 1805-52, analysed by Coalbrookdale Foundry, Coalbrookdale Forge, Horsehay Works