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Also known as iron master

300px|thumb|upright=1.5|The Iron Bridge of Abraham Darby's [[Coalbrookdale works]]

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  • 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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