Contains: *The traditional craft of leather bellows-making. *Ladles for the Greenside Mine Lead Smelter. *Early Days of WIRG’s Smelting Experiments. *Early Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Pot. *The Ferro Vivo Project.
The conference focused on the mining and metallurgy of lead and silver, with presentations on work carried out as far afield as Bolivia and Greece, and visits to local sites.
The Annual Conference based in Dublin, Ireland, focused on the rich history of metals and metalworking in Ireland, from the earliest times to the more recent past.