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300px|thumb|upright=1.5|The Iron Bridge of Abraham Darby's [[Coalbrookdale works]]
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- Instance of
- occupation
- Subclass of
- metallurgist
- Field of occupation
- forging
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- female form of label
- fužinarka
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- Ironmasters
- topic's main category
- Category:Ironmasters
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- 17th-century ironmasters (examples)
- 18th-century ironmasters (examples)
- Abraham Darby
- John Wilkinson
- Samuel Van Leer
- 19th-century ironmasters (examples)
- Lowthian Bell
- Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan
- Andrew Handyside
- Samuel Richards
- See also
- References
300px|thumb|upright=1.5|The Iron Bridge of Abraham Darby's [[Coalbrookdale works]]
An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain.
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