Ironworks

After the invention of the Bessemer process, converters became widespread, and the appellation steelworks replaced ironworks.

This is derived from the Greek words sideros - iron and ergon or ergos - work.

[1] As the ironworks closed down (or was industrialised) these villages quite often went into decline and experienced negative economic growth.

[3] Such processes or species of ironworks where they were undertaken include the following: From the 1850s, pig iron might be partly decarburised to produce mild steel using one of the following:[5] The mills operating converters of any type are better called steelworks, ironworks referring to former processes, like puddling.

Further processes were often manual, including In the context of the iron industry, the term manufacture is best reserved for this final stage.