Bridges - Industrial Revolution by Binky Bot https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00 By Bianca Bulusan en-us 2018-02-15 08:14:40 UTC 2024-11-07 06:46:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Lewis, Peter. "Bridges and Buildings: The Structures of the Industrial Revolution." OpenLearn. The Open University, 01 Dec. 2005. Web. 15 Feb. 2018. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231810790 2018-02-15 08:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231810790 The first iron bridge was first built in 1779 over River Severn, downstream of Coalbrookdale. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231813819 2018-02-15 08:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231813819 The Iron Bridge Today: bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231814740 2018-02-15 08:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231814740 The first bridge was not invented during the Industrial Revolution, rather, it was first built by the Romans. They perfected cement and concrete bridges, which were inspired from their wide-spanning aqueducts. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231814890 2018-02-15 08:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231814890 "HISTORY OF BRIDGES." HISTORY OF BRIDGES. History World, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2018. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231815487 2018-02-15 08:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231815487 However, the first iron bridge was invented by: Abraham Darby III. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231816265 2018-02-15 08:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231816265 This bridge was also, remarkably, the first iron structure built. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231817885 2018-02-15 08:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231817885 Easton, Mark, Geraldine Carrodus, Tim Delany, Bernie Howitt, Richard Smith, Helen Butler, and Kate McArthur. Oxford Big Ideas Geography / History Year 9 Australian Curriculum. South Melbourne: Oxford UP, 2014. Print. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231819910 2018-02-15 09:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231819910 The bridge, made of cast-iron, Abraham Darby built was the first of it's kind. The bride he made was made to link nearby factories in the town of Coalbrookdale with a small mining town. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231820336 2018-02-15 09:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231820336 The toll-charged bridge was known as the Iron Bridge. His bridge managed to withstand Britain's 1795 floods, which removed all doubts previously placed on the suitability of cast-iron for the structure of it's size (one arch spanned 100 feet). The Iron Bridge's fame increased and a plethora of bridges were built using iron as a stable, more reliable replacement of stone. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231820940 2018-02-15 09:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231820940 Bridges are structures that are used to cross a gap or open space. They often span bodies of water, gorges, ravines and valleys. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231822877 2018-02-15 09:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231822877 Although bridges were invented prior to the Industrial Revolution, they were made of stone. Many stone bridges in Britain couldn't withstand it's winter floods, unreliable and unstable. As a result, crossing bridges would be a frightening walk for people before cast-iron bridges were made. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231825078 2018-02-15 09:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231825078 Thanks to Abraham Darby III's cast-iron bridge, these types of structures grew in developments all across the country, during the Industrial Revolution. This meant that commuters can cross large gaps in the land, be it for communication or trade, without worrying. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231826220 2018-02-15 09:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231826220 The invention of the iron bridge was incredibly significant because communication was made easier and more convenient for those crossing large gaps, land or water, to reach their destination. Any inventions that made communication easier during the Industrial Revolution powered it because communication is necessary for trading, and trading is necessary for a powerful economy, nation and empire. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231828168 2018-02-15 09:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231828168 Simmons, Louise. "Ironbridge: Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution." Ironbridge: Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Moira Allen, 2005. Web. 15 Feb. 2018. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231830436 2018-02-15 10:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231830436 Abraham Darby III was born in a family of ironworkers that pioneered in the Industrial Revolution. He took over his family iron foundary in 1768 and managed the Thomas Pritchard-designed project of building a cast-iron bridge in 1776. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231830451 2018-02-15 10:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231830451 Coalbrookdale was located in East Shropshire, which was abundant in coal. Abraham Darby I founded the Coalbrookdale iron foundary, and many historians acknowledge this location as where the Industrial Revolution began. The Darby family contributed to the Industrial Revolution with many innovations such as smelting processes and the faster production of better quality iron. They were also a family of good employers, offering higher wages than local mines and potteries, and in times of food shortages, Abraham III would buy farms and grow food for his workers. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231832338 2018-02-15 10:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231832338 Unfortunately, there are no portraits of the Darby family to show. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231834338 2018-02-15 10:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231834338 "The Darby Family: Abraham Darby I, II, III." Quakers in the World. Quakers in the World, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2018. bul0001 https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231835406 2018-02-15 10:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bul0001/7m26gg51tw00/wish/231835406