Developments in the Scottish Pig Iron Trade, 1844–1848

R. H. Campbell

The Journal of Economic History, 1955, vol. 15, issue 3, 209-226

Abstract: Between 1844 and 1848 the Scottish pig iron trade occupied a particularly important place not only in British but also in world economy. In 1830 Scotland produced only 37,000 tons of pig iron, or about 5 per cent of the total British output. By the mid-1840's it produced over 300,000 tons annually, or about 25 per cent of die British output. Of this increased output only one third was used in Scotland, while no less than one quarter left the United Kingdom for abroad. Such a rapid progress rested on peculiarly favorable geological and technical conditions.

Date: 1955
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