The Iron Men: The Workers Who Created the New Iron Age

by Anthony Burton

The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age. Practically everything was made of iron: the machines of the Industrial Revolution; bridges and the ships that went under them; the trains running on their rails; and the frames of the first skyscrapers. But progress was bought at a price and the working classes paid it. The knife grinders of Sheffield were lucky to reach their 30th birthday before their ruined lungs gave up, women chain makers were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075095955X
• ISBN13: 9780750959551
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages