blast furnace

method, process, technology

A large-scale works in which liquid pig iron is produced from prepared iron ores in a continuous reduction and smelting process.

Traveljournal 1814

Sheffield and Rotherham, 5 September 1814
Cannon casting at the Walker works, 6 September 1814
Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Schaffhausen–Audincourt, 26–30 May 1825

Traveljournal 1845

Nephew Winz and talking shop with Mr. K., 24 July 1845
Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
Fischer’s business visits in Sheffield, 7 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: blast furnace. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-288, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Drawings of two blast furnaces (coloured engraving by Wilson Lowry after D. Mushett, 1804)