In 1408 the bishop of Durham established the first water-powered bloomery in Britain, with the power apparently operating the bellows. |
When a Catalan forge is employed in making blooms, it is called a bloomery. |
The final version of this kind of bloomery hearth survived in Spain until the 19th century. |
So apparently this was a true blast furnace and not merely a bloomery. |
This pumping of airstream in with bellows is known as cold blast, and it increases the fuel efficiency of the bloomery and improves yield. |
An hour later when his regiment came down into bloomery Gap, he found the colonel and made his report. |