Ironbridge is a settlement on the River Severn, at the heart of the
Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of The
Gorge, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Ironbridge developed beside, and
takes its name from, the famous Iron Bridge, a 30-metre (100 ft) cast iron
bridge that was built across the river in 1779
