coke blast furnace

The construction of the first coke blast furnace began in August 1766.

Parkend had plenty of coal, making it well placed to serve a new ironworks with a coke blast furnace in 1799.

• General Mining Association opens coke blast furnace, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Numerous works comprising coke blast furnaces as well as puddling and rolling mills were built in the coal mining areas around Liège and Charleroi.