Iron founder

An '''iron founder''' (also '''iron-founder''' or '''ironfounder''') in its more general sense is a worker in molten ferrous metal, generally working within an iron foundry.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/theironfoundersu00boll "The iron founder" supplement. A complete illustrated exposition of the art of casting in iron. Also, the founding of statues; the art of taking casts, pattern modelling; useful formulas and tables (1893)]</ref> However, the term 'iron founder' is usually reserved for the owner or manager of an iron foundry, a person also known in Victorian England as a 'master'. Workers in a foundry are generically described as 'foundrymen'; however, the various craftsmen working in foundries, such as moulders and pattern makers, are often referred to by their specific trades.<ref>Dobraszczyk, P. (2014) ''Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity ...'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 29-32</ref><ref>Holtzapffel, C. (1843) ''Turning and Mechanical Manipulation:...'', Holtzapffel & Co., London, p. 327</ref>

Historically the appellation "founder" was given to the supervisor of a blast furnace, and persons who made castings in iron or other heavy metal.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bq5XAAAAYAAJ Edward Hazen, Reuben S. Gilbert, Abraham John Mason, John Ludlow Morton, Stephen H. Gimber, Raphael Hoyle, Charles Burton Uriah Hunt, 1837]</ref> The term is also often applied to the company or works in which an iron foundry operates.

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