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The 'Lost Viaduct'
Blaenafon, South Wales
4 February 2001
Quiz

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What were the three key materials that were added to the blast furnaces at Blaenafon to produce iron?

 

Who built the world's first iron bridge, crossing the river Severn at Coalbrookdale, which was completed in 1779?

 

What change, pioneered at Coalbrookdale, revolutionised the process of iron manufacture?

 

What innovation led to a massive increase in demand for coal towards the end of the 18th century?

 

Who invented the 'spinning jenny', a device enabling one operator to look after many spindles, which led to huge changes in the textile industry?

 

When Richard Arkwright built it at Cromford, near Matlock, in 1771, it was the first of its kind. What was it?

 

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