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Coalport Bridge is a cast iron bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalport in Shropshire, constructed in 1818 to serve the industrial works of the Coalport China Manufactory and associated ceramic production facilities. The bridge exemplifies early nineteenth-century cast iron engineering and represents an important technological achievement in the development of iron bridge design during the Industrial Revolution. Its construction facilitated access to the china works and reflects the significant industrial activity that characterised the Ironbridge Gorge during this period. The structure remains a notable example of Regency-era industrial infrastructure within one of Britain's most important centres of industrial heritage.
Coalport Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006235. View the official record →
Coalport Bridge is a cast iron bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalport in Shropshire, constructed in 1818 to serve the industrial works of the Coalport China Manufactory and associated ceramic production facilities. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006235.
Coalport Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coalport Inclined Plane (0.9 km), Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines (1.5 km), Old Park Farm moated site (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coalport Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Coalport Bridge stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.