ironmaster
Steel mill owner
An ironmaster is the owner or manager of an ironworks—a facility for smelting or processing iron.
The term belongs to the industrial age, when iron production was central to economic power: The ironmaster employed half the men in the valley.
Now largely historical, it appears in accounts of 18th- and 19th-century industry.
Extracting metal from ore
- blast furnaceOre-to-metal converter
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
alloy · tempering · slag · hematite · magnetite · puddling · finery · reduction
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
hammering · metalwork · forging · quenching · tempering · wrought · handcrafted · skill
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- molten metalHeated liquefied alloy
- castingShaping through liquid form
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
ladle · cupola · refractory · mold · charge · burden · bloomery · ironworks
Wealthy business leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- proprietorBusiness holder
entrepreneur · investor · financier · businessman · executive · ironworks · steelworks · enterprise
Converting iron to steel
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
improvement · modernization · advancement · progress · ingenuity · experimentation · prototype
smelting
Extracting metal from ore
- blast furnaceOre-to-metal converter
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- oreMetal-bearing rock
refining · alloy · tempering · slag · hematite · magnetite · puddling · finery · reduction · coke
blacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
tongs · hammering · metalwork · forging · quenching · tempering · wrought · handcrafted · skill · precision
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- molten metalHeated liquefied alloy
- castingShaping through liquid form
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
bellows · ladle · cupola · refractory · mold · charge · burden · bloomery · ironworks · smelter
magnate
Wealthy business leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
proprietor · entrepreneur · investor · financier · businessman · executive · ironworks · steelworks · enterprise · merchant
Bessemer process
Converting iron to steel
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
mechanization · improvement · modernization · advancement · progress · ingenuity · experimentation · prototype
ironmasterironworker
Structural metal craftsman
puddler · laborer · factory hand · employee · wage earner
ironmasterblacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
farrier · tinker · metalsmith · artisan · craftsman
iron, master, irony, irons, ironing, ironed, masterpiece, masterful, ferrous