e/Blowing house

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has glosseng: A blowing house or blowing mill was a building used for smelting tin in Cornwall and on Dartmoor in Devon, in South West England. Blowing houses contained a furnace and a pair of bellows that were powered by an adjacent water wheel, and they were in use from the early 14th century until they were gradually replaced by reverberatory furnaces in the 18th century. The remains of over 40 blowing houses have been identified on Dartmoor.
lexicalizationeng: Blowing House
instance ofc/Industrial furnaces
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media:imgBlowing House near Black Tor.jpg
media:imgLower blowing house, River Walkham - furnace, float & mould.jpg

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