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1677-1717. English iron manufacturer who
developed a process for smelting iron ore
using coke instead of the more expensive
charcoal. He employed the cheaper iron to
cast strong thin pots for domestic use as
well as the huge cylinders required by the
new steam pumping-engines. In 1779 his
grandson (also Abraham) constructed the
world's first iron bridge, over the river
Severn at Coalbrookdale.