He chose to fund theironworksfor general development rather than the arsenal for military arms.
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He was employed there first as an unskilled construction worker and, later, as a semi-skilled worker in theironworks.
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I understand very well the concern felt locally at the news of the likely closure of theironworks.
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I am connected with the largest industrialironworksand colliery works in the country, employing over 50,000 men.
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Theironworksand the steel works belong to different companies.
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Their policy was of great service also to the shipyards andironworksof this country.
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We have consequently got large areas of ungotten minerals which are being kept for the time required for the carrying on of theironworksconcerned.
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It is now a large, viable privatisedironworksthat had formally been languishing in the public sector.
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Closure of theironworksdoes not, however, mean that the whole labour force will be thrown out of work.
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That was once a prosperous village; there wereironworksand blast furnaces there.
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My own division, which six or seven years ago had a number of collieries andironworksand cotton mills, has very few indeed now.
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Pancrasironworks, a building which is considered to be the most significant unlisted building in the immediate area.
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The private owner promptly cut down most of the trees, denuded the forest, sold for profit and closed down theironworkswhich were dependent upon timber.
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One statement he made was that the coal from a certain colliery in his constituency was sent to theironworksand nobody knew at what price the coal was sold.
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Then there are theironworks.
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