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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stone for the repair of the roads. There was formerly a blast-furnace here, in which the iron was smelted with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… in 1754 aged 12 years, her stone has these lines. " The blast that nipt my youth will conquer thee; It strikes the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and large quantities of it are used, for making bricks for blast and air furnaces; one of the strata has been wrought …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… active in the works until 1814 or later. 92 Initially the blast for the two furnaces was provided by a water wheel, a … probably the main manufacture. The furnaces went out of blast in 1821 but the foundry, under Stephen Hill, and the …
Survey of London
… so that the sleeping cells were either exposed to the full blast of cold air or were completely darkened. The deputy …
Old and New London
… comforts? This world all bereft and swept away with one blast of the same dismal tempest." The news of the accident …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… were centres of the iron industry in the era of charcoal blast furnaces and water-powered forges in the 17th and 18th …
A History of the County of Essex
… chimney-stack with six octagonal shafts was damaged by blast in 1944 and later rebuilt to its original design. Five …