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Level Ironworks

An iron business in the vicinity of Dudley.

The Level Ironworks are connected with the Gibbons family from Wolverhampton. John Gibbons (1703–1778) set up business as an ironmonger. After his death in 1778, his three sons diversified the business. From 1788, the oldest son, Benjamin Gibbons (1735–1832), leased several blast furnaces at Level Ironworks, which belonged to the Earl of Dudley. In 1814 Benjamin Gibbons transferred the ironworks business to his three nephews John (1777–1851), Benjamin (1783–1873) and Thomas Gibbons (1787–1829). The blast furnaces became the property of Round Oak Steelworks in 1923.

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Traveljournal 1814

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  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 69.
  • Level New Furnaces. In: Grace’s Guide To British Industrial History (Grace’s Guide, Stand 2.3.2023).

Cite as: Level Ironworks. 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/names/gfa-actors-7889, viewed on 7 June 2025.