The Tinplate Industry, With Special Reference to Its Relations With the Iron and Steel Industries

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Excerpt from The Tinplate Industry, With Special Reference to Its Relations With the Iron and Steel Industries: A Study in Economic Organisation To the geographer South Wales presents an extremely interesting study as a producing area. The iron industry was first attracted to that part by the presence of iron ore, and a plentiful supply of wood for making charcoal. Later, when pit coal was introduced, the district possessed still greater attracting power. The tinplate industry was first established - in the 18th century - to pro vide a market for the iron produced locally, it was in every way subsidiary to the iron industry. The tinplate mill was but an appendage to the forge, and the latter manufactured other forms of iron products as well as the bars destined to be converted into sheets and coated with tin in the former. Gradually, after the middle of the lgth century, steel displaced iron in many markets, and the forge became increasingly dependent upon the tinplate mill. Early in the eighties, steel was also substituted for iron bar used in tinplate manu facture, and the iron industry dwindled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.