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The Museum has built up an extensive Research Library, which is based in the Long Warehouse, adjacent to the Coalbrookdale MUSEUM OF IRON. Collections include material on the history of the iron industry, bridge building, civil engineering, brick and tile manufacture, coal mining, the pottery and porcelain industries, railways, canals, the social history of the East Shropshire Coalfield and all other subjects represented at the Museum’s sites. Special collections include the Elton Collection, strong on images of industry, and a collection devoted to the life and work of Thomas Telford. Some archive material is also held, mainly relating to the Darby family and local firms such as the Coalbrookdale Company, the Lilleshall Company, the Horsehay Company and Maw & Co.
The Library, which is open weekdays only 9.00am - 5.00pm, can be visited by prior appointment. Please contact John Powell, BA, ALA, Librarian & Information Officer, in writing at the main Museum address, or by telephone (01952 432141), to make a booking. (Proof of identity will be required on a first visit.)
e-mail: library@ironbridge.org.uk
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Extensive Research Library
Open to all by prior appointment
Library & Archives Building
The Museum has an extensive Research Library
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