Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Isaac Wilkinson's career as 'potfounder' at Backbarrow, Cumbria, from 1735 to 1748 is re-examined from primary documentary euidence. Considerable evidence survives on his relationship to the Backbarrow Company and on his ironfounding actioities; the latter includes the introduction of blowing cylinders into Backbarrow Forge over the period 1737-9.
Source: Historical Metallurgy
Author: Cranstone, David
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7218151488