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He and his partners were responsible for a very important innovation in introducing the use of [[coke (fuel)|coke]] [[pig iron]] as the feedstock for [[finery forge]]s. This formed a significant part of the output of [[Horsehay]] and [[Ketley]] Furnaces, which they built in the late 1750s. His [[Abraham Darby I|father]]'s successful use of coke pig iron as foundry feedstock, and his own success in using it as forge feedstock were two of the steps towards the industrial revolution for the iron industry, but the final breakthrough that permitted the great expansion of iron production that constitutes the industrial revolution for it came later. |
He and his partners were responsible for a very important innovation in introducing the use of [[coke (fuel)|coke]] [[pig iron]] as the feedstock for [[finery forge]]s. This formed a significant part of the output of [[Horsehay]] and [[Ketley]] Furnaces, which they built in the late 1750s. His [[Abraham Darby I|father]]'s successful use of coke pig iron as foundry feedstock, and his own success in using it as forge feedstock were two of the steps towards the industrial revolution for the iron industry, but the final breakthrough that permitted the great expansion of iron production that constitutes the industrial revolution for it came later. |
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He died aged 52. He had married twice: firstly Margaret Smith (died 1740), with whom he had three children including Hannah who married [[Richard Reynolds]], and secondly the Quaker minister Abiah Maude, with whom he had a further six children, including [[Abraham Darby III]]. |
He died aged 52. He had married twice: firstly Margaret Smith (died 1740), with whom he had three children including Hannah who married [[Richard Reynolds (ironmaster)|Richard Reynolds]], and secondly the Quaker minister Abiah Maude, with whom he had a further six children, including [[Abraham Darby III]]. |
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Revision as of 17:48, 19 March 2011
Abraham Darby II (12 May 1711 – 31 March 1763) was the second Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that played a role in the period leading up to the Industrial Revolution.
He was born in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire to Abraham and Mary (née Sergeant) Darby.
He followed in his father's footsteps in the Darby foundry business in Coalbrookdale, producing cast iron cooking pots, kettles, and other goods. The Coalbrookdale Company also played an important role in using iron to replace the more expensive brass for cylinders for Thomas Newcomen's steam engines.
He and his partners were responsible for a very important innovation in introducing the use of coke pig iron as the feedstock for finery forges. This formed a significant part of the output of Horsehay and Ketley Furnaces, which they built in the late 1750s. His father's successful use of coke pig iron as foundry feedstock, and his own success in using it as forge feedstock were two of the steps towards the industrial revolution for the iron industry, but the final breakthrough that permitted the great expansion of iron production that constitutes the industrial revolution for it came later.
He died aged 52. He had married twice: firstly Margaret Smith (died 1740), with whom he had three children including Hannah who married Richard Reynolds, and secondly the Quaker minister Abiah Maude, with whom he had a further six children, including Abraham Darby III.
See also
External links
- The Darby family of inventors
- The Darby family
- The Darby dynasty
- The Darby House
- The Coalbrookdale Company, with which the family was associated
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