The "Birthplace of Industry", a pioneering canal and the first factory

Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places by Historic England

May 3, 201822:33Society & Culture

This episode explores the innovation at a furnace in Shropshire that is said to have been the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. The host Dr Suzannah Lipscomb also looks at the first industrial arterial canal in Man...

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