The Iron Age at Ironbridge by JeffG7BRJ
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This was taken last year on my first visit to Ironbridge, a small village on the River Severn.
The world's first cast iron bridge was built over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in 1779. Not only iron founders and industrial spies flocked to see this wondrous bridge, but also artists and travellers. The Bridge had a far reaching impact: on local society and the economy, on bridge design and on the use of cast iron in building. The story of the bridge's conservation begins in 1784 with reports of cracks in the Southern abutments, and is brought up to date with the English Heritage sponsored work of 1999.
This is the last picture from my visit to the Victorian Town of Blists Hill. I had to revert to an image from last year as this year, it was cold and misty and I did not feel up to it. Alan(artaddict2) however did get a beauty of a shot with the mist on the River Severn adding atmoshpere to his shot. Check out his page artaddict2.
Thanks for stopping by for a look and for any comments you care to make.
May the sun shine down on you, where ever you are. Have a nice week.
Comments (19)
mickuk50
excellent capture jeff and the tones really set off the mood .well done :o) mick
aljaysart
What a beautiful Bridge Jeff and capture, i would love to see the colour version of this photo.
MrsLubner
Cast iron! Wow. You'd have to be very good to cast this without air of irregularities in the pieces and all segments would need to be put together just so to prevent stress in the wrong places. I love the deep arch in this and the details you have captured are fabulous!
trishabadblood
wonderful capture...excellent work
stevey3d
One of my motorcycle routes takes me past the bridge. Cant ride across anymore, but the pub just up the road does an excellent pint of Bank's. On Sunday there are motorcycles everywhere! Excellent image Jeff! 5++
krakosky
wonderful sepia tone good work.
Richardphotos
I would think they only allow foot traffic now? awesome bridge and pov.in the middle of the river on a steady boat would be ideal, but we can not always have our way
SSoffia
PERFECT CAPTURE & COMPOSITION !!!!!
stolta
Very beautiful capture!!!!!!!!!!!
tizjezzme
Hi Jeff :) This is great; in sepia tones, it's awesome. Love that bridge!
abstractix
Wonderful shot, Jeff. I like your background descriptions on these. :)
artaddict2
Although in sepia, it certainly gives me a clearer view. Looks great. good choice to finish off the series with. 5+
jocko500
wow it still stands . cool shot
LudyMelltSekher
Precious Photography.Impressive!!Congratulations !! A million stars from my, **** Luminous Blessings Ludy
Mousson
Great lesson of history and beautiful old style shot!
Ionel
Very beautiful and interesting structure and information! Great work, Jeff!!!
Liam.
Very interesting construction. I love your POV here.
huismus
Exelent shot. I like the sepia tone!
auntietk
An excellent capture, no matter when it was taken! This is a beautiful bridge, indeed. Thanks for this series! It's been wonderful. I can hardly wait to see what's next! :)