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William Adams

July 01, 2010 09:56AM

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Chris Coleman
You can make wrought iron directly from iron ore but it is slow and labor intensive, using a forge or furnace and hammer to hammer out the impurities one hunk at a time.

The facility for performing this process is a bloomery. One of these operated in the EBT area, before being supplanted by the many charcoal blast furnaces.

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Re: "a matter of weeks"??????? IF only ties and rail	John West	June 29, 2010 07:40PM
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Re: Wrought Iron, not Cast - but also not steel ...	Russo Loco	June 29, 2010 11:08PM
Re: Wrought Iron, not Cast - but also not steel ...	ebtrr	June 30, 2010 02:39PM
Re: Wrought Iron, not Cast - but also not steel ...	Russo Loco	June 30, 2010 03:06PM
Re: Wrought Iron, not Cast - but also not steel ...	ebtrr	June 30, 2010 04:44PM
Re: Wrought Iron, not Cast - but also not steel ...	William Adams	July 01, 2010 09:56AM
Re: "a matter of weeks"??????? IF only ties and rail	pd3463	June 29, 2010 08:04PM
Re: "a matter of weeks"??????? IF only ties and rail	John West	June 29, 2010 10:40PM
Re: "a matter of weeks"??????? IF only ties and rail	nickgully	June 30, 2010 09:56PM

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