Wrought iron
material · 1784 · Industrial Revolution
Low-carbon iron (Cort).
Principles and materials it uses
Where it is used
- Eiffel Tower — is material for. Puddled iron.
- Boiler — is material for. Later — made of sheet wrought iron.
- Railway track — is material for. Then — wrought iron.
- Steam locomotive — is material for. The boiler is wrought iron.
- Suspension bridge — is material for. The chains of early suspension bridges were made of wrought iron.
- Stephenson’s Rocket — is material for. The boiler is wrought iron.
- Fire-tube boiler — is material for. The shell is wrought iron.
- Railway coupling — is material for. A coupling is wrought iron.
- Railway switch — is material for. The switch blades are made of wrought iron.
- Wire rope — is material for. Albert’s rope (1834) is made of iron wire.
- Excavator — is material for. Otis’s steam shovel is iron.
- Screw steamship — is material for. The hulls of screw steamships were iron.
- Wrench — is material for. Wrenches are wrought iron.
- Truss — is material for. Then — wrought iron.
- Truss bridge — is material for. Bridge trusses are wrought iron.
- Oil well — is material for. The casing pipes are iron.
- I-beam — is material for. The first I-beams were made of wrought iron.
- Ballast tank — is material for. The tanks are iron.
- Elevator safety brake — is material for. The safety catches are wrought iron.
- Ocean liner — is material for. The hull is iron, later steel.
- Drilling rig — is material for. The drill pipes are iron.
- Ironclad — is material for. The armour is wrought iron.
- Michaux velocipede — is material for. The frame is wrought iron.