Iron was the catalyst of the Industrial Revolution - the material
of Ironbridge, the Crystal Palace, railways, steam engines ships.
But what made it so important and why did Britain become the major
producer of iron in the world? The iron industry sucked in a mass
of skilled and unskilled labour, and transformed rural landscapes
with mines, railways, and new villages and towns. Without iron
there would have been no Industrial Revolution and few parts of
Britain from the Highlands of Scotland to Cornwall have not been
touched by the iron industry. Richard Hayman concentrates on the
period when coal replaced charcoal as the industry's fuel source,
discussing the changing technology, geography and economy of the
industry as well as its social history. From those heady days at
Coalbrookdale on the banks of the Severn to the decline of a
once-mighty industry, he tells the story of iron and its place in
British history.
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