Blast furnaces

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > industrial structures > metal works structures

Descripción

Large, vertical structures for smelting iron from ore, using a solid fuel, designed so as to direct a continuous blast of air through the fuel to assure a high rate of combustion.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006438

Otros términos

  • hoogovens [nl]
  • altos hornos [es]
  • blast furnace [en]
  • blast-furnaces [en]
  • furnace, blast [en]
  • furnaces, blast [en]
  • hoogoven [nl]
  • alto horno [es]