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  • 1forge — forge1 [fôrj] n. [ME < OFr < L fabrica, workshop, fabric < faber, workman < IE base * dhabh , to join, fit > DAFT] 1. a furnace for heating metal to be wrought 2. a place where metal is heated and hammered or wrought into shape;… …

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  • 2Forge — For the process of shaping metal by localized compressive forces, see Forging. For other uses, see Forge (disambiguation). A blacksmith s coal forge …

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  • 3Forge (disambiguation) — The industrial term Forge may refer to: * A forge is the hearth where the blacksmith keeps the fire for heating metals to be formed by plastic deformation, usually with hammer on an anvil. The word is also used, by extension, to mean the… …

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  • 4Pig iron — [ thumb|300px|Two pig iron weights for use in a theatrefly system.] [ puddling process of smelting iron ore to make wrought iron from pig iron, the right half of the illustration (not shown) displays men working a blast furnace, Tiangong Kaiwu… …

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  • 5Pig iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …

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  • 6Pigeon Forge, Tennessee — Infobox Settlement official name = Pigeon Forge, Tennessee settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = 200px image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee mapsize1 = 250px map caption1 = U.S.… …

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  • 7Finery forge — Iron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. To produce malleable wrought iron, it needs to undergo a further process. In the early modern period, this was carried out in a finery forge.… …

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  • 8Speedwell Forge — was built in 1760 in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It operated continuously until 1854, when it closed as iron production moved west. The following are notes collected while researching the associated ironmaster s mansion… …

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  • 9Mine pig — Mine Mine, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See {Mine}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially: (a) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by… …

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  • 10History of ferrous metallurgy — Iron (material) redirects here. For the chemical element Fe, see Iron. Bloomery smelting during the Middle Ages. The history of ferrous metallurgy began far back in prehistory. The earliest surviving iron artifacts, from the 5th millennium BC in… …

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