Iron Structures

Connected Sites: 10

WHS made significantly of "Cast" or "Wrought" Iron.

Connected Sites

  • Vizcaya Bridge
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.89
    190
    10
  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.22
    308
    9
    Tour métallique de Fourvière
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ironbridge Gorge
    Ironbridge Gorge
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    2.98
    160
    13
    Cast Iron
  • Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.30
    516
    19
    The interior frame (covered by copper sheets) was originally made of "Puddled Iron" (a type of "Wrought Iron") but this was found in the 1980s to have corroded where it touched the copper ("Galvanic corrosion") and the majority was replaced by steel during the restoration of 1984/6
  • Singapore Botanic Gardens
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.10
    274
    12
    Victorian Cast Iron Gazebo and gates, two of the landmarks of SGB
  • Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.98
    140
    14
    "The trough was made from flanged plates of cast iron, bolted together"
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.91
    325
    6
    The Atocha railway station, the crystal palace and the palacio de fomento showcase notable examples of iron architecture.
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    Eiffel Tower - Wrought Iron
  • Kew Gardens
    Kew Gardens
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.24
    337
    18
    Kew Palm House - wrought iron frame
    See www.kew.org
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.56
    183
    10
    Iron Bridge in Wörlitz (1791) is made of cast iron and is a smaller copy of the Iron Bridge (UK). It is the oldest construction of cast iron on the European mainland.