Domnarfvet Iron and Steel Works
From Graces Guide
1894: The iron and steel works are briefly described in an article in Engineering 1894/11/23 about the Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag in Sweden. 'The iron and steel industry is conducted on a rather large scale, judged by Swedish conditions. The quantity of iron and steel produced by the company amounts to some 10 per cent, of the whole Swedish iron and steel make, and no doubt their iron and steel works, Domnarfvet, are the very largest works existing where charcoal is exclusively used for producing pig iron for different purposes. The works are very well situated on the banks of the Dala River, close on a mighty waterfall, from where water power is derived sufficient to drive the whole establishment. .....'
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