Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

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Thomas Farnolls Pritchard was an 18th-century English architect and engineer best known for conceiving the design of the world’s first major cast-iron bridge at Ironbridge Gorge.

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instanceOf 18th-century architect
18th-century engineer
architect
engineer
associatedWithRiver River Severn NERFINISHED
bridgeTypePioneered cast-iron arch bridge
burialPlace Shrewsbury NERFINISHED
conceivedDesignOf world’s first major cast-iron bridge
countryOfCitizenship England
Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1723
dateOfDeath 1777
designed Iron Bridge (original design) NERFINISHED
era Georgian era NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork architecture
civil engineering
structural engineering
gender male
heritageSiteAssociatedWith Ironbridge Gorge NERFINISHED
influenced development of cast-iron architecture
knownFor design of the Iron Bridge at Ironbridge Gorge
pioneering use of cast iron in bridge construction
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality English
notableWork Iron Bridge NERFINISHED
design for the Iron Bridge over the River Severn
occupation architect
engineer
interior designer
placeOfBirth England
Shrewsbury NERFINISHED
Shropshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath England
Shrewsbury NERFINISHED
Shropshire NERFINISHED
proposed cast-iron bridge at Ironbridge Gorge
regionOfActivity Ironbridge Gorge area NERFINISHED
timePeriod 18th century
workedIn Shropshire NERFINISHED
West Midlands NERFINISHED
workedOn interior designs for country houses

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Iron Bridge designer Thomas Farnolls Pritchard