. Special reports on the mineral resources of Great Britain. GATES I. 1. Freehold. 2. (Jranville.•i. Grange. 4. WoodJiouse. 5. Staiford.(5. Keraberton. 7. Halesfield. 8. Blists Hill. manufacturiuf^ county as is indicated by the following figures : —In the year 1740 the total production of pig-iron in England andWales was 17,350 t^^ns, of which 2,100 tons, or 12 per cent., weremade in Shropshire. In 1788 iShropshire produced 40 per cent,of the iron made, but after that year, although its output greatlyincreased, the percentage fell by reason of the many new furnaceswhich were built in other par
. Special reports on the mineral resources of Great Britain. GATES I. 1. Freehold. 2. (Jranville.•i. Grange. 4. WoodJiouse. 5. Staiford.(5. Keraberton. 7. Halesfield. 8. Blists Hill. manufacturiuf^ county as is indicated by the following figures : —In the year 1740 the total production of pig-iron in England andWales was 17,350 t^^ns, of which 2,100 tons, or 12 per cent., weremade in Shropshire. In 1788 iShropshire produced 40 per cent,of the iron made, but after that year, although its output greatlyincreased, the percentage fell by reason of the many new furnaceswhich were built in other parts of Great Britain. In 1796 itsoutput was 25 per cent.; in 1806, 20 per cent., and since then it SHROPSHIRE. 89 has furtlier declined. Its maximum output was in 1869 wlien itreached 197,443 tons. The last official figures gave 40,000 tonsin 1903, since when the figures for Shropshire have been includedwith Staffordshire. No less intimately connected with Shropshire were the dis-coveries made in methods of treating iron. In 1766 puddling,or the conversion of pi
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