Day 234/21. The Iron Bridge

On our way back from north Wales, we have stopped for a couple of days on the way back in Shropshire, close to where I was born.
A lovely al fresco meal in Ironbridge this evening.
The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. Its success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution.