Iron founder

An iron founder (also iron-founder or ironfounder) in its more general sense is a worker in molten ferrous metal, generally working within an iron foundry."The iron founder" supplement. A complete illustrated exposition of the art of casting in iron. Also, the founding of statues; the art of taking casts, pattern modelling; useful formulas and tables (1893) However, the term 'iron founder' is usually reserved for the owner or manager of an iron foundry, a person also known in Victorian England as a 'master'. Workers in a foundry are generically described as 'foundrymen'; however, the various craftsmen working in foundries, such as moulders and pattern makers, are often referred to by their specific trades.Dobraszczyk, P. (2014) Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity ..., Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 29-32Holtzapffel, C. (1843) Turning and Mechanical Manipulation:..., Holtzapffel & Co., London, p. 327

Historically the appellation "founder" was given to the supervisor of a blast furnace, and persons who made castings in iron or other heavy metal.Edward Hazen, Reuben S. Gilbert, Abraham John Mason, John Ludlow Morton, Stephen H. Gimber, Raphael Hoyle, Charles Burton Uriah Hunt, 1837 The term is also often applied to the company or works in which an iron foundry operates.

See also Foundry Casting (metalworking) Bellfounding Coremaking Foundry sand testing Smelting

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