Ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the plural of ironworks is ironworks. Download high resolution version (2048x1309, 206 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1309, 206 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Map sources for Coalbrookdale at grid reference SJ668047 Coalbrookdale, a settlement in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...

Ironworks is used as an omnibus term covering works undertaking one or more iron producing processes. These include bloomeries, blast furnaces, finery forges, and puddling furnaces, slitting mills and rolling mills. The term is also used, perhaps less correctly, for various works that used iron, including iron foundries, and shipbuilders. A bloomery is a type of furnace once widely used for smelting iron from its oxides. ... It has been suggested that Old Furnace, Ironbridge be merged into this article or section. ... Iron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. ... Schematic drawing of a puddling furnace The puddling furnace is a metalmaking technology to create wrought iron from the pig iron produced in a blast furnace. ... The Slitting Mill was a water-powered mill for slitting bars of iron into rods. ... A rolling mill is a machine or factory for shaping metal by passing it between rollers. ... This article is about the factory that makes castings of metal. ... Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...

Ironworks of various sorts have existed for centuries – the first ironworks in America were established on the James River as early as 1619 – but they became a central part of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century when advances in smelting technology permitted the smelting of iron (using coke) on a truly industrial scale. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The James River at Cartersville The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 547. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Coke is a solid carbonaceous residue derived from low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. ...

Notable ironworks include:

• Bath Iron Works in Maine USA
• The Coalbrookdale Ironworks
• Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, south Wales
• Dowlais Ironworks also at Merthyr Tydfil
• Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, a shipbuilding firm on the banks of the River Thames
• Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Virginia
• East Jordan Iron Works in East Jordan, Michigan

In the computer game Civilization IV, the ironworks is a national wonder that greatly increases the production of the city it's built in which has access to coal and iron Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... Map sources for Coalbrookdale at grid reference SJ668047 Coalbrookdale, a settlement in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. ... The Cyfarthfa Ironworks was a major 19-century ironworks located in Cyfarthfa, near Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. ... Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is a town and county borough in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ... Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... The Dowlais Ironworks was a major 19-century ironworks located near Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. ... Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is a town and county borough in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ... The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. ... The Thames (pronounced []) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, USA, photograph by Alexander Gardener Tredegar Iron Works is a historic iron foundry in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America. ... Flag Seal Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra Location Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Virginia Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder Geographical characteristics Area     City 62. ... East Jordan is a city located in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Sid Meiers Civilization IV (or Civ IV) is a turn-based strategy computer game released between October 25 and November 4, 2005 in North America, Europe, and Australia. ... Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...