Historic England – Pre-industial Ironworks – Introductions ...
holes in the side; sometimes ceramic tubes, known as tuyères, may have been inserted into the furnace to direct air inside. Charcoal was used exclusively as the fuel for smelting until the 1700s. Figure 1. A Tapping Furnace. This type of bloomery smelting furnace had a hole near ground level that could be
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