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Jeremy Norman Collection of Images - Creative CommonsThe Inside of SMELTING HOUSE, at BROSLEY, SHROPSHIRE. Engraved by Wilson Lowry after George Robertson (1788)
Jeremy Norman Collection of Images - Creative CommonsA VIEW of the MOUTH of a COAL PIT near BROSLEY, in SHROPSHIRE. Engraved by Francis Chesham after George Robertson (1788) Notably there is no steam engine; work is being done by people with the assistance of horse power.
A: Madeley, Telford, England, United Kingdom, B: Broseley, England, United Kingdom
Jeremy Norman Collection of Images - Creative CommonsAn Iron Work for the Casting of CANNON; and a Boreing MILL, Taken from the Madeley side of the River SEVERN, SHROPSHIRE. Engraved by Lowry after George Robertson (1788).
Along with the three views of the Iron Bridge George Robertson painted three images of the developing industry in the Iron Bridge gorge region. These were engraved and issued by the John and Josiah Boydell the year of Robertson's death. The prints show how little mechanized the iron industry was at this early date.