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Charles Bage
Charles Woolley Bage (1751–1822) was an English architect, born to a Quaker family in Derby, England. According to Malcolm Dick, Bage was the designer of the first recognised iron-framed mill in England, the Ditherington Flax Mill, located in the outskirts of Shrewsbury town centre, built between 1796 and 1797. According to the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings, he not only built the first but also the 3rd and 8th iron-framed mill buildings in England. Ditherington Mill is a Grade I listed building. According to Historic England, "It is recognised as the first building in the world to successfully replace the timber beams and joists used in industrial buildings up to that date with incombustible materials, namely cast and wrought iron and brick".
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Charles Woolley Bage (1751–1822) was an English architect, born to a Quaker family in Derby, England. According to Malcolm Dick, Bage was the designer of the first recognised iron-framed mill in England, the Ditherington Flax Mill, located in the outskirts of Shrewsbury town centre, built between 1796 and 1797. According to the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings, he not only built the first but also the 3rd and 8th iron-framed mill buildings in England. Ditherington Mill is a Grade I listed building. According to Historic England, "It is recognised as the first building in the world to successfully replace the timber beams and joists used in industrial buildings up to that date with incombustible materials, namely cast and wrought iron and brick".
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