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5. Observations from the Travel Account of Charles Wood 1754 Published in West Midlands Studies vol.6 (1973) "The coal they use to Coke is call'd Clod Coal & is a weak coal for the strong & hot will not do".
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61. Although I set out not to go into the technological aspects of innovations and processes involved in the industrialisation and development of the area I feel that the inclined plane concept does require explanation. However I will attempt to simplify this description. The problem that Reynolds had to overcome was a disparity in height of 73ft from the canal down to the ironworks. The conventional method of locks would be prohibitively expensive and thus an inclined plane was utilised. Two parallel sets of rails were installed on the slope and two trolleys one on each set of rails were connected by ropes which passed through pulleys linked to a winding drum. When one trolley was at the top the opposite trolley would be at the bottom. By the means of locks at the top and bottom of the slope loaded tub boats would be floated on to the trolleys. The top boat would always have to be the heavier as the propulsion of the upward journey relied solely on gravity. The suggested differential of weight was one third of the downward load. This system was entirely self-acting and extremely efficient and was improved upon in later usage.
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62. Trinder, B. 2000 p 64
63. Museum Booklet no. 20.03 Coalbrookdale 1801 a contemporary description 1979 (Telford: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) p 15 "Inclined planes for the purposes of canals, were first suggested and adopted by William Reynolds & their utilities in countries short of water, renders their value inestimable". H. Graham 1801
64. Trinder 2000 p 13
65. Rule, J. The Vital Century 1714-1815 1992 (Essex: Longman) p152
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83. Ironbridge Gorge Institute, Minute book of the Coalbrookdale Co. CBD 59-82-3 1789-97 19th November 1790
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85. John Thomas deserves special mention as it was probably he who perfected the casting methods that were employed for the ubiquitous Coalbrookdale cooking pots, or three legged cauldron. This product was synonymous with the factory name and exported throughout the world. It was the method of casting that enabled the manufacture of all Coalbrookdale products as described earlier (page 8 chapter 1) Raistrick. 1953 p 20-21 taken from a manuscript by Hannah Rose daughter of John Thomas
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92. Museum Booklet no. 20.03 Coalbrookdale 1801 a contemporary description 1979 (Telford: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) p 5 There is mention in the Coalbrookdale products description appendix of, "arches for cotton works". This indicates that the works had entered into this branch of the iron trade and supplied the burgeoning early factory builders.
93. Ashton. 1970 p 65
94. Museum Booklet no. 20.03 Coalbrookdale 1801 a contemporary description 1979 (Telford: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) p 16-17. Has a list of 149 products that were manufactured in iron. These were as diverse as 'Air pumps for steam engines', ' Frying pans of various sorts', ' Pullies of all sizes', 'Spitting boxes' and 'Weights from 1/2 an Ounce to any size'. It is apparent that some of these products must have had scores, if not hundreds of variations. So as we can see the sheer scale of diversity is incredible.

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