Coalbrookdale, 1773 – a map by Thomas Slaughter showing the many pools for powering bellows and hammers at the various coke furnaces and forges in Coalbrookdale.
Coalbrookdale
(Ironbridge Gorge Museum)
Ironbridge Gorge, 1810 – a sketch by Arthur Howe Holdsworth (1780-1860) of Coalbrookdale on the River Severn. On the left bank are the coke furnaces of Calcutts and Barnetts Leasow, while the smoke on the right is from Bedlam Furnaces.
Ironbridge Gorge
(Ironbridge Gorge Museum)
Cyfarthfa, 1811 – The large coke-fired ironworks in South Wales, published in John George Wood’s ‘The Principal Rivers of Wales’ of 1813.
Cyfarthfa
(Ironbridge Gorge Museum)
Penydarren ironworks, 1811 – coke furnaces in South Wales from John George Wood’s ‘The Principal Rivers of Wales’ of 1813.
Penydarren ironworks
(Ironbridge Gorge Museum)
Coking, 1826 – a plate from Strickland’s report to the Pennsylvanians showing the coking of coal. William Strickland was sent from America to gather information from England. This sketch is from his report published for the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvements.
Coking
(Ironbridge Gorge Museum)