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m Disambiguated: Abraham Darby (disambiguation)Abraham Darby I - avoid disambiguation link - readers can work through the three of them if they so wish :)
with all respect, that link doesn't link to what is labelled, so is misleading, so reverting
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===Abraham Darby===
 
Three successive generations of the same family all bearing the name [[Abraham Darby I(disambiguation)|Abraham Darby]] are renowned for their contributions to the development of the English iron industry. Their works at [[Coalbrookdale]] in Shropshire nurtured the start of improvements in [[metallurgy]] that allowed large-scale production of the iron that made the development of the [[steam engine]] and [[railway]]s possible, although their most famous innovation was the [[The Iron Bridge|Ironbridge]].<ref>{{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=Darby, Abraham}} I</ref>
 
===John Wilkinson===