page_title: Finery forge
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Finery forge / Types
caption_attribution_description: Euskara: Bolunburu burdinola Español: Ferrería de Bolumburu
context_page_description: A finery forge is a forge used to produce wrought iron from pig iron by decarburization. The process involved liquifying cast iron in a fining hearth and removing carbon from the molten cast iron through oxidation. Finery forges were used as early as 3rd century BC, based on archaeological evidence found at a site in Tieshengguo, China. The finery forge process was replaced by the puddling process and the roller mill, both developed by Henry Cort in 1783–4, but not becoming widespread until after 1800.
context_section_description: There were several types of finery forges.
caption: Exterior of the remnants of a Basque forge
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