page_title: William Reynolds (industrialist)
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: William Reynolds (industrialist) / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Bank House, Ketley Bank It is really only in Winter that the house can be seen fully, once the trees leaf the house is well hidden. This was once the home of William Reynolds (ironmaster) one of Shropshire's "giants" of the industrial revolution. He was the designer of the first "inclined plane" on the nearby Ketley canal.
context_page_description: William Reynolds was an ironmaster and a partner in the ironworks in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. He was interested in advances in science and industry, and invented the inclined plane for canals.
context_section_description: He was born in Ketley near Coalbrookdale, son of Richard Reynolds who was in charge of Abraham Darby II's ironworks at Ketley. Around 1777 he took over the management of the works there.
  William Reynolds's education included some time studying with the physician and chemist Joseph Black. Reynolds during his life maintained his interest in many branches of science, including chemistry, geology and mineralogy, and he had a laboratory at his home Bank House, at Ketley Bank. He was interested in the application of science in industry. With Abraham Darby he built under licence several Boulton and Watt steam engines, an early type of steam engine, for the works.
caption: Bank House, Ketley Bank: formerly the home of William Reynolds
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