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4 unusual facts about Wrought iron


Iron rod

Wrought iron, a non-ornamental iron used in building and heavy construction

University of Arizona Poetry Center

The Fieries and Snuffies wrought-iron legend displayed over the door refers to the creative process.

Usurbil

The traditional industries of Usurbil were ironware, anchor and ship building, making use of the surrounding abundance of woodland.

Wrought

Wrought iron, iron with a very low carbon content that has been wrought (hammered) by hand.


British Constructional Steelwork Association

Wrought iron construction of bridges in the UK was later pioneered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Clifton Suspension Bridge and Royal Albert Bridge) and Robert Stephenson, son of George (Newcastle's High Level Bridge).

Foshay Tower

The exterior is faced with Indiana limestone, while the interior features African Mahogany, Italian marble, terrazzo, gold-plated doorknobs, a silver and gold plated ceiling, ornamental bronze, hand wrought iron and three commissioned busts of George Washington.

Handyside Bridge

It is a riveted, wrought iron, Tied-arch bridge at the entrance to Darley Park in Derby spanning the River Derwent and was part of the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension popularly known as the (Derby) Friargate Line.

Rogozhskoye Cemetery

The largest and richest family burial belongs to the Morozov dynasty - a 'cemetery within a cemetery' protected by an elaborate wrought iron canopy.

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge was built in 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a formerly electrified, wrought iron, two-track, deck truss, (fixed shut) swing bridge across the Schuylkill River in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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Candoro Marble Works

The building's facade features a hand-carved cartouche and floral motif and a wrought-iron door crafted by Philadelphia master blacksmith Samuel Yellin (1885–1940).

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel

The interior of the building is even more ornate than the exterior, featuring shopping arcades, Italian-made ceilings and column capitals, drinking fountain by Ernest A. Batchelder, marble floors by Georgia Marble Company of Georgia Pink and Vermont Verde Antique marble a wrought iron ballistrude and a central mezzanine, etc.

Green Party of Ontario candidates, 1990 Ontario provincial election

A Globe and Mail article described the device as a "rainbow-coloured jungle gym of discarded wrought iron welded into an outlandish Dr. Seuss-like contraption topped by a colossal wire umbrella and powered by a unicycle", adding that "one rider pedals while a grab bag of musicians (the Subtonic Monks) ride, playing improvisational rhythms".

Muzzle-loading rifle

The widely adopted solution, invented in 1863 by William Palliser, consisted of enlarging the bore to accept a wrought iron tube (called the A tube) into which the rifling had been cut.

Palace of St. Michael and St. George

A wrought-iron aerial staircase is also to be found, closed to garden visitors, descending to the sea from the gardens, and formerly used by the Greek Royal Family as a shortcut to the baths.

Palacio de los Capitanes Generales

Much of the material used in the construction was imported to ensure it was of the finest quality: the bricks from Málaga, wrought-iron grilles from Bilbao and marble from Genoa, but the building work was carried out by slaves and progressed so slowly that the new governor (the sixth since de Fondesviela), Luis de las Casas y Aragorri, was not able to occupy the building until 1791, and work was not completed until 1792.

The Apthorp

Over-lifesize limestone sculptures representing the Four Seasons stand above the central barrel-vaulted entrance, where the elaborate wrought-iron gates in the manner of Samuel Yellin feature a pair of gazelle heads.

Waseda El Dorado

The curving wrought-iron balconies take the form of lily pads, and the wrought-iron banister gracefully zigzags past elegant Art Deco stained-glass windows.

Whitehall Apartments

It features wrought iron balconies, blue decorative tile featuring scenes of Christopher Columbus, and red tile roof caps.

Wrought Iron Bridge Company

The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton, Ohio, United States.