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Practice Reading: Reading and Writing Fill in the Blanks ID: #6344 Ironbridge Gorge
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The  Ironbridge  Gorge  World  Heritage  property  covers  an  area  of  5.5  km2  (550  ha)  and  is  located  in  Telford,  Shropshire,  approximately  50  km  north-west  of  Birmingham.  The  Industrial  Revolution  had  its  18th  century    in  the  Ironbridge  Gorge  and  spread  worldwide  leading  to  some  of  the  most  far-reaching  changes  in  human  history.
The  site    a  5  km  length  of  the  steep-sided,  mineral-rich  Severn  Valley  from  a  point  immediately  west  of  Ironbridge  downstream  to  Coalport,  together  with  two  smaller  river  valleys  extending  northwards  to  Coalbrookdale  and  Madeley.
The  Ironbridge  Gorge  provided  the  raw  materials  that  revolutionised  industrial  processes  and  offers  a  powerful    into  the  origins  of  the  Industrial  Revolution  and  also  contains  extensive  evidence  and  remains  of  that  period  when  the  area  was  the  focus  of  international  attention  from  artists,  engineers,  and  writers.  The  property  contains  substantial  remains  of  mines,  pit  mounds,  spoil  heaps,  foundries,  factories,  workshops,  warehouses,  iron  masters  and  workers  housing,  public  buildings,  infrastructure,  and  transport  systems,  together  with  the  traditional  landscape  and  forests  of  the  Severn  Gorge.  In  addition,  there  also  remain    collections  of  artifacts  and  archives  relating  to  the  individuals,  processes  and  products  that  made  the  area  so  important.
Today,  the  site  is  a  living,  working  community  with  a  population  of  approximately  4000  people  as  well  as  a  world  renowned  place  to  visit.  It  is  also  a    landscape  that  is  interpreted  and  made  accessible  through  the  work  of  a  number  of  organisations,  in  particular,  the  Ironbridge  Gorge  Museum  Trust  (established  in  1967  to  preserve  and  interpret  the  remains  of  the  Industrial  Revolution  within  the  Ironbridge  Gorge)  and  the  Severn  Gorge  Countryside  Trust  (established  in  1991  to  manage  the  woodland,  grassland  and  associated  historic  structures  in  the  Gorge).

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