rolling mill

object, machine, apparatus, tool, technical instrument

A factory in which metal is machined between rotating rollers to form sheet metal, hoops, bars, etc.

Traveljournal 1814

First encounter with malleable cast iron in Birmingham, 30 August 1814
Cannon casting at the Walker works, 6 September 1814
Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Business in Audincourt and Montbéliard, 30-31 May 1825
Interesting wire drawing plant, 14 June 1825
Leeds–Sheffield, 29 June 1825
Further factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
Visit to a rolling mill and a refining forge, 2 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Peruvian steel and a visit to Sanderson and Huntsman, 5 October 1827
London Steelworks and a so-called tobacco dispenser, 12 October 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Fischer loses his way in Sheffield, 31 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer and his exhibits, 25 June 1851
Birmingham, 4 July 1851
Further business visits in Sheffield, 8 July 1851

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

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Cite as: rolling mill. 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-9245, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Rolling mill works (plate from Blumhof, 1821)