Early furnace (was Eric Holland and 'Gold in them thare hills indeed')


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Posted by Jock on June 20, 2006 at 19:32:47 from 81.76.86.2 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: Eric Holland and 'Gold in them thare hills indeed' posted by PeterH on June 20, 2006 at 19:07:21:

Adam Quinan who produced a valuable paper

Thank you for reminding me of this suberb piece which, IIRC, was discussed on Tarboard some years ago.

Here are some pictures of a Dick-style furnace built by the University of Bradford to smelt iron. There are some pictures of a charcoal burners' mound as well.




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