Charging a blast furnace at the Govan Iron Works, Scotland. Charge fed into cup around cone, as cone lifted the charge fell into top of furnace. Molten metal run off when furnace tapped at bottom. Wood engraving c1885.

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Charging a blast furnace at the Govan Iron Works, Scotland. Charge fed into cup around cone, as cone lifted the charge fell into top of furnace. Molten metal run off when furnace tapped at bottom. Wood engraving c1885.

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