Primarily an agrarian community the town was also home to a brass foundry, an iron forge, a wire-drawing mill, and a community of cabinetmakers. |
The pawnbroker in turn resold the gold to a foundry, where it was recycled. |
I just stand there with a sheepish grin, my heart thumping like a foundry hammer. |
For thousands of years, in fact, foundry workers have made bronze castings of clay models made by sculptors. |
After his military training he apprenticed as a molder at an iron foundry where he worked for a few years. |
The furnaces along the far wall were roaring, opened doors throwing skittering shadows across the huge foundry floor. |