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Klenshyttan.
Old photos by Lindesbergs Kulturhistoriska arkiv, 1937. and Ludvika Hembyggdsförening, K-E Forslund 1922.
The six photos after this photo are what it looks like today.
The smelting-works is typical of the mining farmer era and dates from the beginning of the 17 th Century.
The buiding with the tall chimney is the roasting furnace, in front of it is the blast furnace, and if the doors is open you can walk up the stairs to the charging gallery. This is where the furnace was filled with ore, charcoal and limestone.
At the bottom of the furnace, the molten iron and slag were collected. The extension around the blast furnace was called a casting house.
The works was shut down in 1920.
Klenshyttan.
Old photos by Lindesbergs Kulturhistoriska arkiv, 1937. and Ludvika Hembyggdsförening, K-E Forslund 1922.
The six photos after this photo are what it looks like today.
The smelting-works is typical of the mining farmer era and dates from the beginning of the 17 th Century.
The buiding with the tall chimney is the roasting furnace, in front of it is the blast furnace, and if the doors is open you can walk up the stairs to the charging gallery. This is where the furnace was filled with ore, charcoal and limestone.
At the bottom of the furnace, the molten iron and slag were collected. The extension around the blast furnace was called a casting house.
The works was shut down in 1920.