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Postcard from Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. This is where iron ore was first smelted by using easily mined "coking coal". (Wikipedia)

Featured Loco GWR 7029 Clun Castle with the allegedly last steam train to work down the Ironbridge Gorge the branch line before being mothballed. Never say Never 9/6/2019

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Uploaded on June 9, 2019
Taken on June 9, 2019