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What is a bloomery?

What is a bloomery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.
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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.

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