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2. Filigree architecture - Wikipedia

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   A reactionary dismay at the standardised, industrial nature of the Victorian Era had led to a demand for novel, naturalised materials such as timber and wrought iron. Timber had a natural feeling to it, it was a organic material alluded to thousands of years of carpentry and craftmanship, but in truth it was just as manufactured as cast ironwork.

3. Iron railing - Wikipedia

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   Designs for decorative railings from 1771. Passers-by look for the phantom railings in Malet Street. An iron railing is a fence made of iron. This may either be wrought iron, which is ductile and durable and may be hammered into elaborate shapes when hot, or the cheaper cast iron, which is of low ductility and quite brittle. Cast iron can also ...

4. History of the railway track - Wikipedia

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   Cast iron rails, 4 feet (1.2 m) long, began to be used in the 1790s and by 1820, 15-foot-long (4.6 m) wrought iron rails were in use. The first steel rails were made in 1857 and standard rail lengths increased over time from 30 to 60 feet (9.1–18.3 m).

5. Eastlake movement - Wikipedia

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   The unpainted windows and stairway banister have natural wood finishes that have darkened over time. The doors, stairway panels below the railing, and dining room wainscoting have the same 19th century oak graining. The wallpapers, picture railings, period furnishings, and potted ferns are in the same style as the Victorian features of the ...

6. Bedlington Ironworks - Wikipedia

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   Bedlington Ironworks, in Blyth Dene, Northumberland, England, operated between 1736 and 1867.It is most remembered as the place where wrought iron rails were invented by John Birkinshaw in 1820, which triggered the railway age, with their first major use being in the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825, about 45 miles (72 km) to the south.

7. Deck railing - Wikipedia

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   Other options include wrought iron and sheet steel, into which custom designs can be cut. Ornamental cast-iron railing was popular in the latter half of the 19th century and it is often associated with the Victorian style [11] and with the traditional architecture of American coastal southern cities like Savannah and New Orleans. [12]