Specimen / iron, malleable / manufacture / sample / ironstone, b

Description

A sample of black ironstone, containing about 28% metal, one of twenty specimens illustrating the manufacture of malleable iron from the Farnley Iron Works, Leeds, mid 19th century

Museum reference

T.1860.530.5

Collection

Industry and Commerce

Object name

Specimen / iron, malleable / manufacture / sample / ironstone, b

Date

Mid 19th century

Materials

Ironstone

Physical description

Black ironstone

Associations

Farnley Iron Co. Ltd
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe