Todays token I'D

[hoover-G]

First of all like to thank the organizers for today also great seeing old and new faces and putting names to them really enjoyed myself 
I managed to winkle this token out on the raffle field and after doing some research i managed to ID it,

 "COALBROOK-DALE situated about two miles from Madeley, is a winding glen, between two vast hills which break into various forms with beautiful hanging woods. Here and in the neighbourhood, are the most considerable iron works in England;  the forges mills and steam engines with all their vast machinery, the flaming furnaces, and smoking lime kilns, form. a spectacle, horribly sublime; while the stupendous iron arch, striding over the Severn, gives these scenes a yet nearer resemblance to the ideas in romance. This famous bridge was built in the year 1779, the whole having been previously cast in open sand; all the principal parts were erected in three months, without any accident to the work or workmen, or the least obstruction to the navigation of the river." The inclined plane at Ketley was built in 1789.  It was designed to allow boats transit of the Ketley Canal which rose some 73 feet.  In the space provided, a system of locks was not practical, thus the inclined plane was devised.  It worked using a self balance system by which full boats going down would pull empty boats up.  It was closed in 1818.

[staterchaser]

GR8 Token, well done!

[legio11augustus]

nice find , good research

[gijan]

cracking find ,,love the history on it,great 2cu,,cu again on a dig...have a fab crimbo..take care jxc.

[Hawkeye]

nice find mate i got 1 the same from years back,how did you clean it up mines still dark and grubby cheers

[hoover-G]

nice find mate i got 1 the same from years back,how did you clean it up mines still dark and grubby cheers

I just got a light dry toothbrush on it mate and a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil and slight dab dry to bring detail out abit for me to ID