List Of Ironworks In Wales
{{Use British English, date=August 2015 This is a list of ironworks that have been established within Wales, United Kingdom. Most were established during the nineteenth century in industrialising Southeast Wales with a smaller number in Northeast Wales, West Wales and elsewhere. South Wales * Aberaman Ironworks * Abercraf Ironworks *Aberdare Ironworks * Abernant Ironworks * Abersychan Ironworks – also known as The British Ironworks * Banwen Ironworks *Beaufort Ironworks * Bedford Ironworks or Cefn Cribwr Ironworks *Blaenavon Ironworks *Blaendare Ironworks – see Pontypool Ironworks * Blaina Ironworks * Brecon Ironworks * British Ironworks - see Abersychan Ironworks * Briton Ferry Ironworks * Brynamman Ironworks * Brynna Ironworks * Bute Ironworks * Caerphilly Ironworks * Carmarthen Ironworks * Cefn Cribwr Ironworks or Bedford Ironworks * Cefn Cwsc Ironworks *Clydach Ironworks * Coalbrookvale Ironworks - see also Trostre Ironworks * Cwm Celyn Ironworks *Cwmdu Ironw ...
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Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''. Ironworks succeeded bloomeries when blast furnaces replaced former methods. An integrated ironworks in the 19th century usually included one or more blast furnaces and a number of puddling furnaces or a foundry with or without other kinds of ironworks. After the invention of the Bessemer process, converters became widespread, and the appellation steelworks replaced ironworks. 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. 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. Historically, it is common ...
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