Step into the fascinating process of creating traditional charcoal iron. Watch the journey as raw materials are transformed into durable tools through expert craftsmanship, showcasing age-old ...

"It's an intriguing and reallydifficult task because there are many variables in air-flow design,charcoal used, furnace materials, the original source of iron ore andconstruction of the furnace." ...

Due to the availability of abundant natural resources, the iron industry found a home among ... leaves plus an exterior layer of dirt and old charcoal dust from previous burns.

DANVILLE -- More than 150 years ago, charcoal was a key component in the earliest days of the borough's iron industry. Beginning next week, the old process of turning wood into charcoal will ...

The most interesting structure to be found at Old Iron Town these days is easily the beehive-shaped charcoal kiln. Of the two kilns built in Old Iron Town, only one survives. The kilns were used ...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18. A permanent organization was effected to-day of the charcoal-iron workers of the United States, by the election of George Wiestling, of the Mont Alto Iron Works ...

By 1890, charcoal-fired operations were obsolete, urban steel mills were springing up, and Katahdin Iron Works slid into ruin. The whole of the old township is conserved by AMC today. Anadromous fish ...

"However, charcoal irons manufactured by Marondera Foundry these days are made from chrome and have a base of cast iron. These old irons on demand should have been imported," said Eng Bhebhe.

He was an ironing vendor who pressed people's clothes for a living – and his main appliance was an old-fashioned iron box, which he filled with hot charcoal that emitted a cloud of smoke.