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Subject:	Re: 19th century bloomery
From:	Bob Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:23:01 -0400
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An early hearth for smelting haematite to produce iron.
www.lindal-in-furness.co.uk/History/miningglossary.htm 

A bloomery is a type of furnace once widely used for smelting iron from its oxides. Unlike a blast furnace, a bloomery is operated at temperatures below the melting point of cast iron (1130 °C); instead of molten iron, its product is a spongy mass of iron called a bloom. 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomery 

>>> [log in to unmask] 10/4/2006 2:28:32 PM >>>
What's a BLOOMERY?

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Subject: Re: [NYHIST-L] 19th century bloomery


I am attempting to map a site in Westport, Essex County, containing a 
mid 19th century water powered bloomery. A deed of 1890 (ten years after 
the bloomery ceased operation) makes a reference to a property corner as 
being at “the bulkhead of W. P. and P. D. Merriam’s forge”. Can someone 
explain the relationship of a bulkhead to a forge for me?

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