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Bloomery Forges

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Bloomery forges are ancient metalworking furnaces used for smelting iron from its ore. They operate at lower temperatures than modern blast furnaces, producing a spongy mass of iron called 'bloom' through a process of direct reduction, where iron oxides are chemically reduced to metallic iron without melting.
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Bloomery forges are ancient metalworking furnaces used for smelting iron from its ore. They operate at lower temperatures than modern blast furnaces, producing a spongy mass of iron called 'bloom' through a process of direct reduction, where iron oxides are chemically reduced to metallic iron without melting.
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... more
Accounts survive for bloomery that operated in Clun Park, near Llantrisant, Glamorgan in the 1530s. At the end of the century, a blast furnace was built nearby. The article considers both ironworks and 19th century and later mentions of... more
By combining information from historical accounts, archaeological research, and a growing body of early photographs, a more detailed perspective and appreciation of 19th century bloom iron production in northern New York is realized.
Ogromny rozwój hutnictwa żelaza jaki nastąpił na ziemiach polskich za sprawą ludności kultury przeworskiej w pierwszych wiekach po Chr. spowodował zapewne wyraźny wzrost kowalstwa. Tymczasem kuźnie są prawie nieznane, co pozostaje w... more
Founded early in the 19th century, the ironworks at Clintonville in the Adirondack region of upstate New York rapidly rose to prominence as the world's largest bloomery forge and provided the bloom-iron industry with the earliest known... more
by Philip Riden and 
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The text is an edition of the surviving accounts for mines and bloomer 1530-1, preserved in State Pater in The National Archives (SP 1/66) and a further report (SP 1/237, f. 22).  For further details see the related article
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