High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

[NeiljohnUK]

An explanation: https://www.revolutionaryplayers.org...dling-furnace/

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddling_(metallurgy)

Henry Cort lived ~ 500 Yards from my home, and I was a governor of the school my son's attended named in his honour!

[jimfols]

An explanation: https://www.revolutionaryplayers.org...dling-furnace/

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddling_(metallurgy)

Henry Cort lived ~ 500 Yards from my home, and I was a governor of the school my son's attended named in his honour!

Thanks for posting this.

This from the Wikipedia page: Puddling was never able to be automated because the puddler had to sense when the balls had "come to nature".

Quite a few years ago I purchased the book "Sloss Furnaces and the rise of the Birmingham District".
It was nice to dig the book out again and reread the parts I had glossed over about Puddling.