13 November 2017
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Project Iron Bridge from English Heritage
A crowd funding campaign to secure the future of the Iron Bridge in Shropshire, the first single span bridge in the world to be made of cast iron.
A crowd funding campaign to secure the future of the Iron Bridge in Shropshire, the first single span bridge in the world to be made of cast iron.
English Heritage has revealed a €1m donation from the German Hermann Reemtsma Foundation towards the £3.6m conservation project as it today (13 November 2017) launched its crowd funder. Project Iron Bridge now needs a further £25,000 to reach its funding total, which will enable vital repairs to be carried out.
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With an enormous scaffold in place around the bridge, English Heritage will now start to clean and conserve, repair and – where necessary – reinforce the different elements of the bridge: the iron radials and braces holding the bridge together, the deck plates and wedges, as well as the main iron arch itself. The bridge will also be repainted to protect it for the future.
History of the Iron Bridge
To make a donation or to find out more, visit the Iron Bridge Project website.
(image copyright Peter Scrimshaw)