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    Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the...
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  • Abraham Darby may refer to: Abraham Darby I (1678–1717) the first of several men of that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role...
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    Abraham Darby III (24 April 1750 – 1789) was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third man of that name in several generations of an English...
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  • Abraham Darby, in his lifetime called Abraham Darby the Younger, referred to for convenience as Abraham Darby II (12 May 1711 – 31 March 1763) was the...
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    parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines...
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    Abraham Darby I (1678–1717), British ironmaster and pioneer of coke-fired smelting Abraham Darby II (1711–1763), British ironmaster, son of Abraham I...
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    the town. The plans for the Iron Bridge were drawn up in Broseley. Abraham Darby I, who developed the process of smelting iron using coking coal, is buried...
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    what by the end of the 17th century was called pale ale. In 1709, Abraham Darby I established a coke-fired blast furnace to produce cast iron. Coke's...
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    work of Abraham Darby I who successfully used coke to smelt iron. Three successive generations of the same family all bearing the name Abraham Darby are renowned...
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    The Iron Bridge (category Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire)
    (equivalent to £361,000 to £482,000 in 2016), and Abraham Darby III, the grandson of Abraham Darby I and an ironmaster working at Coalbrookdale, was appointed...
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