Bentiron1946 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) I was reading an article on Ghana and found this on their iron smelting: Archaeological Development in West Africa That is a big tuyers, much bigger than I normally think of anyway. Enjoy!:cool: (about half way down the page) Here is another link that estimates amounts of production and consumption of charcoal. Agongointo - Museum of a Living Past Edited November 10, 2009 by Bentiron1946 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I saw remains of slag heaps, but no tuyers on that web page. If it is there, I can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Ninth picture down, sitting on table are two tuyeres on table with pack of cigarettes on top for scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Those are tuyers? Sorry, I mis-identified them as the slag talked about below the photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yeah, those are them. The other article talks about the slag heaps and the amount of charcoal needed to make the iron. It must have completely deforested the place. It got me thinking about the early copper industry here in Arizona using charcoal and how devastating that was on the environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 There are three pages starting here that show some African iron work, interesting. Tour the Exhibit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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