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Smeltmills were water-powered
mills used to
smelt lead or
other metals. The
older method of
smelting lead on wind-blown bole
hills began to be su****ded...
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mined in
smaller amounts. The
remains of the 17th
century Snailbeach new
smeltmill are
identified by
Historic England as
being of
national importance as...
- Durham, England. It is
situated to the west of Rookhope. The
Lintzgarth smeltmill was
built in 1737 and was used for
smelting lead by all of the leadmines...
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Lilleby smelteverk was a
smeltmill located in Lilleby, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway, next to City Lade. It is well
known for
having produced...
- from ore The
blowing house, a
traditional furnace for
smelting tin The
smeltmill, a
traditional furnace for
smelting lead Even smaller, pre-industrial...
- iron)
slitting mill
mechanized the
production of iron rods for
nailmaking smeltmill increased the
output of lead over
previous methods (bole hill) Some of...
- foot-operated bellows.
Tuyeres were also used in
smelting lead and
copper in
smeltmills. As of 2009 the world's
largest blast furnace in Caofeidan,
China operated...
- or corn mills,
grind grains into flour. Lead was
usually smelted in
smeltmills prior to the
introduction of the
cupola (a
reverberatory furnace). Needle...
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village to the
Smelt Chimney above Cam Gill. This is a
remnant of the
Smeltmill. It is
still possible to
crawl through parts of the flue as it climbs...
- Street. At
nearby Makeney, in 1554,
Burchard Kranich built the
first Smeltmill for
extracting lead from its ore. In 1581 Sir John
Zouch of
Codnor Castle...
