A Gazetteer of the British Iron Industry, 1490-1815, Volumes I and II

by Peter King and Peter King

A new process of making iron, using a blast furnace and a forge, both powered by water, was introduced into the Weald in the 1490s, and spread to other parts of England and Wales from the 1550s. This book provides a history of every ironworks of the charcoal blast furnace period, except the Weald. It also covers early coke ironworks (built before 1815) and water-powered bloomeries (of the previous technology). After introductory material on the industry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407315129
• ISBN13: 9781407315126
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 774 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 11.0"