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Bradley Ironworks

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Bilston, United Kingdom

Historical iron works in Bradley (West Midlands), founded by John Wilkinson in 1766.

The works consisted of blast furnaces, brickyards, a pottery, glass works and rolling mills. Starting in 1774, Wilkinson began producing iron cannons here, using the gun drilling method.

Traveljournal 1814

Traveljournal 1845

  • Bradley Works. In: Grace’s Guide To British Industrial History (Grace’s Guide, Stand 2.4.2023).
  • Morton, G. R./Smith, W. A.: The Bradley lronworks of John Wilkinson. In: Journal of the Iron and Steel Instituts (1966), S. 661–679.

Cite as: Bradley 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/places/gfa-places-1756, viewed on 7 June 2025.