What is recorded here
This commemorative plaque records: Baptist Mills Brassworks (1702-1814) The Brassworks was founded by a Quaker, Abraham Darby I (1678-1717) in 1702 Recorded plaque organisation: Bristol City Council.
Abraham Darby I was a pioneering ironmaster who introduced the use of coke for smelting iron, significantly impacting industrial processes and contributing to the onset of the Industrial Revolution.
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