There are a lot of balcony railings and garden railings in Melbourne in
Victorian era buildings - made from what is referred to as cast iron'. Some of
them look a bit New Orleans, as a point of reference. I was told that this
decorative work was shipped out as ballast on the ships that took back the
wool. They even shipped out prefabricated buildings made of corrugated iron -
real iron, not steel as it now is although we still call it iron. Those are
long rusted away. I suspect that many of those rails are in fact cast wrought
iron.
The term wrought iron seems to be used for decorative work done with welded,
bent steel strip these days - wrong on both counts.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 27/01/2011, at 11:57 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks, Andrew. In this country, artisans use a combination of materials,
> cast for detailed pieces, and cold-worked steel for the simpler parts. When
> welded and painted black, most folks just think of it as "wrought iron".
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