cupola furnace

method, process, technology

A historical shaft furnace for producing cast iron from pig iron and scrap metal. Compared with a blast furnace, it does not achieve the temperatures necessary for the reduction of iron ore.

Also known as a cupola furnace.

Traveljournal 1825

Fascinating iron foundry on the canal, 15 June 1825
With Johann Georg Bodmer and William Fairbairn, 18 June 1825
Visit to Sharp Hill & Comp., 20 June 1825
Visit to St. George’s Foundry, 20 June 1825

Traveljournal 1845

Nephew Winz and talking shop with Mr. K., 24 July 1845
Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer’s business visits in Sheffield, 7 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: cupola furnace. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-238, viewed on 6 June 2025.

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