Is this the oldest Blast Furnace? Let's find out.
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- I discover more about the story of an early industrial blast furnace site, Rockley Furnace, in England (UK), and the people who owned it. But are these the ruins of the oldest blast furnace? Let's find out.
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Superb piece Sir, with lots of camera angles and awesome audio clarity, brilliant. I shall subscribe in the hope that you will soon resume making videos on this subject. Kind regards.
What a thoroughly entertaining and informative video. Great subject well shot and I found the background music tasteful as well. Thank you for posting!
Thanks for the video from Port Talbot works
Spotted this from the motorway the other day, i was wondering what it was, thank you for a very interesting and well explained explanation.
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Had I known about this furnace I would have visited last year when I went to Coalbrookdale. Thanks for making this video.
It's a pleasure.
There's a place called pine grove furnace it's in better condition from the 1700s
Excellent video about Iron production in Medieval England!!! I found your account of an Iron Smith producing 40 tons of Iron per year and agreeing to pay the local landlord who owned the land on which the Iron ore mining/smelting operation was located five pounds of Iron per ton of Iron produced to be quite interesting!!! I've managed to find extensive research on the technological mechanical processes of iron production in Medieval England Times but little in terms of mining/smelting proprietorship and administration.
For example, after iron ore was extracted was it sold to commercial foundries for further industrial processing? Was it sold to individual blacksmiths in small villages or towns? Were different commercial enterprises contracted to transport the iron ore or smelted iron to commercial centers or the Kings armory?
Also, in addition to local taxation upon iron workers by localized power lords, Counts, Barrons, Bishops, Knights, Dukes or whomever did the King or 👸 Queen have a share in the revenues of iron production as well the right of possession of precious metals such as gold and silver?
I read that Queen Elizabeth during the 1500s won a "Case of the Mines" in which the Court determined Queen Elizabeth 👸 had the right of ownership to the metals and resources found under the ground of landowners. Wow! Who could have seen that coming as the most powerful regent in England 🇬🇧 and widely beloved Queen wins the case!!! Well, maybe not beloved by all, but still the most powerful Nobel in England!!! The landowners and miners winning their case against the Queen would be akin to fighting City Hall in the United States!!!
Anyway, after the Case of the Mines the Royal Society of Mines was set up as a mining company in England 🇬🇧. However, I haven't found if the Royal Society was a State operated and administered company or corporation of private entrepreneurial investors.
In the case of gold and silver how could Mines and/or Foundries operate profitably if the product of gold and silver had to go to the Royal Mint for coinage production?
Mining and Smelting are extremely labor intensive operations. How were miners incentivized to expend the requisite time, energy, capital investment expenditure, and technical skill acquisition development necessary to build, operate, and maintain Mines and foundries if the product of their efforts were State controlled? Or were their efforts well compensated as State employees by the State? Or, did the King or 👸 Queen purchase the products produced by the mines with market value monetary exchange?
Any recommendations of books and readings regarding who actually owned and operated Medieval mines would be greatly appreciated!!!
Great video buddy!
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@@industrialrevolutiontv was just mentioning you to my buddies last night. The subject is so interesting, this blast furnace video was REALLY interesting.
Thank you, a very informative and well executed video. I came across this piece while researching into the early blast furnaces at Skinningrove Iron works, formerly Loftus Iron Company of 1873. I am working on a project to animate the process on the industrial landscape of the works. I would like to ask if you could help in providing detail of any blast furnace of the 1870 period.
Hello Philip, if no-one has got back to you meanwhile, we are currently reconsolidating and excavating a charcoal iron furnace, you can see it on my channel if you wish. It was 1747 to 1891. I could give you some principle dimensions if that is what you seek. Kind regards.
I have all the internal and external details (hearth size etc.) plus burden make up of No 5 at Skinningrove plus the smaller hand charged one together with stove details.
There is no sound?