noun. An establishment in which wrought-iron is made by the direct process, that is, from the ore directly, or without having been first produced in the form of cast-iron.

noun. A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.

noun. A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.

"Bar iron from a local "bloomery" or perhaps "Sweet" (Swede) iron brought from Philadelphia furnished the material for nails, cut or forged by hand, horseshoes, plows, wagon tires, grain scythes, hinges, locks, etc."