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Cinderford Ironworks, also known as Cinderford Furnace, was a coke-fired blast furnace, built in 1795, just west of Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. Background [ edit ] The Forest of Dean, with its huge iron-ore reserves and ready supply of timber, had been an area of national importance in the production of iron ...
In the back room (right) is a large pile of charcoal. A finery forge is a forge used to produce wrought iron from pig iron by decarburization in a process called "fining" which involved liquifying cast iron in a fining hearth and removing carbon from the molten cast iron through oxidation. [1] Finery forges were used as early as the 3rd century ...
In 1847, iron rails for the Erie Railroad were made at the site. By 1865, Scranton, Grant & Company had the largest iron production capacity in the United States. In 1875, steel production was initiated at the site. By 1880, the furnaces produced 125,000 tons of pig iron, one of the main uses of which was the manufacture of t-rails.
Peter Grubb (c.1702—1754), the founder of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, discovered Cornwall Iron Minesand established Cornwall Iron Furnace, together one of the largest ironworks in Colonial Pennsylvania.[1] The Cornwall Iron Mines are the largest U.S. iron mines ever discovered east of Lake Superior. The youngest of the seven sons of John ...
Coke is an important industrial product, used mainly in iron ore smelting, but also as a fuel in stoves and forges . The unqualified term "coke" usually refers to the product derived from low-ash and low-sulphur bituminous coal by a process called coking. A similar product called petroleum coke, or pet coke, is obtained from crude oil in oil ...
Overview. It comprises the six remaining buildings of an iron furnace which operated from the 18th century into the 1860s. Included are a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Federal/Greek Revival house constructed about 1835 as the residence of the furnace owner; a frame dwelling of approximately the same date which probably accommodated a manager or clerk; a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story company store and hotel or ...
Iron furnace. MPS. Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS. NRHP reference No. 91001140 [1] Added to NRHP. September 6, 1991. The Swatara Furnace is a historic iron furnace and 200-acre national historic district located along Mill Creek, a tributary of the Swatara Creek in Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] [4] [5]
September 6, 1991. Mount Vernon Furnace, also known as Jacob's Creek Furnace and Alliance Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace located at Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1795 and rebuilt in 1801. It is a stone structure measuring 24 feet square and 30 feet high, with two arches.