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For artifacts or architectural features made of iron, see ironwork. Ironwork is any Weapon, artwork, Utensil or architectural feature made of Iron especially used for decoration
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Aerial view of Třinec Iron and Steel Works
Aerial view of Třinec Iron and Steel Works

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of Extractive metallurgy. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 The term is both singular and plural, i. e. the plural of ironworks is ironworks.

An integrated ironworks in the 19th century usually included one or more blast furnaces and a number of puddling furnaces and/or a foundry with or without other kinds of ironworks. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar

The processes carried at ironworks are usually described as ferrous metallurgy, but the term siderurgy is also occasionally used. This is derived from the Greek words sideros - iron and ergon or ergos - work. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly This is an unusual term in English, and it is best regarded as an anglicisation of a term used in French, Spanish, and other Romance languages. Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages, or Neolatin languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family comprising all

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Varieties of Ironworks

Primary Ironmaking

Blast furnaces of Třinec Iron and Steel Works
Blast furnaces of Třinec Iron and Steel Works
Worker in a Foundry
Worker in a Foundry

Ironworks is used as an omnibus term covering works undertaking one or more iron-producing processes. Such processes or species of ironworks where they were undertaken include the following (the detailed articles on each process should be consulted) or alternatively the History of Ferrous Metallurgy:

Modern Steelmaking

From the 1850s, pig iron might be partly decarburised to produce mild steel using one of the following:

For this period see History of the modern steel industry and Steelmaking. The history of the modern steel industry began in the late 1850s, but since then Steel has been basic to the world's industrial economy Steelmaking is the second step in producing Steel from Iron ore.

Further processing

After bar iron had been produced in a finery forge or in the forge train of a rolling mill, it might undergo further processes in one of the following:

Manufacture

Most of these processes did not produce finished goods. Further processes were often manual, including

In the context of the iron industry, the term manufacture is best reserved for this final stage.

Particularly notable ironworks

Great Britain

United States of America

Czech Republic

Spain

Ironworks in Popular Culture

Inverness (Inbhir Nis iɲɪɾʲˈniʃ is a city in northern Scotland.

Dictionary

ironworks

-noun

  1. A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made
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