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There are few iron-moulders in Britain who have not heard of Alex Russel of Dun dee, the author of this song, for Russell is the undisputed bard of the iron-founding in dustry.
Swan Necked Valve 1999
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Ballarat is an important railway centre and its industries include woollen-milling, brewing, iron-founding, flour-milling and distilling.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The principal industries are cotton-weaving, worsted-making, iron-founding, coal-mining, quarrying, brick-burning and the making of sanitary wares.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The industries of the town include iron-founding and the manufacture of machinery, corsets, hosiery, [v. 03 p. 0405] flannel goods, jam and wall-paper, and brewing, cotton spinning and weaving, leather-dressing and dyeing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Its industries comprise iron-founding, ship-building, brewing, and the manufacture of cigars, leather and tinned fish.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Bath brick, manufactured only here, and made of the mingled sand and clay deposited by every tide, is the staple article of commerce; iron-founding is also carried on.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Stevenson had the sport-impulse at the depths of his nature, but he also had, perhaps he had inherited, an instinct for work in more blockish material, for lighthouse-building and iron-founding.
Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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For many generations the folk that now dwelt there had learned the craft of iron-founding, so that they had no lack of wares of iron and steel, whether they were tools of handicraft or weapons for hunting and for war.
The House of the Wolfings William Morris 1865
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In iron-founding also he introduced a valuable practical improvement.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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But when the sons had grown up to manhood, they too entered upon the business of iron-founding; and Abraham Darby's son and grandson, both of the same name, largely extended the operations of the firm, until Coalbrookdale, or, as it was popularly called, "Bedlam," became the principal seat of one of the most important branches of the iron trade.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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