Cyfarthfa Ironworks
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The Cyfarthfa Ironworks were major 18th- and 19th-century ironworks in Cyfarthfa, on the north-western edge of Merthyr Tydfil, in South West Wales.
Cyfarthfa Ironworks in 1894
Cyfarthfa Ironworks Interior at Night, by Penry Williams, (1825)
The remains of a blast furnace at Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Henry Cort
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Henry Cort was an English ironware producer who was formerly a Navy pay agent. During the Industrial Revolution in England, Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron using innovative prod
Henry Cort
Schematic drawing of a puddling furnace