The iron-making centres produced iron rather ... industry was often considered to be the central feature of the industrial revolution, but the development of a new form of energy through the ...

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution ... steel is made by heating iron ore in a blast furnace fueled with coal and coke, a coal-derived ...

The Iron Bridge, a 100-foot crossing that ... The shift towards mass-production during the Industrial Revolution was a turning point in history, but alongside the rise of factory work came a ...

Iron-making in Pontypool and Bersham ... the enclosure of waste land and the development of proto-industrial production, especially in the woollen industry. The take-off into self-sustained ...