Unfortunately 'British Blast Furnace Statistics 1790-1980' referred to only covers pig iron production in blast furnaces. That book does just what its title says, and accordingly it does not answer my question. Nor do the Mineral Statistics, whose coverage of the subject ceases in 1886.
My interest is in that of puddled iron and mild steel, and particularly in the split between the acid and basic versions of the Bessemer and Open Hearth processes. The Mineral Statistics have some useful data for the early 1880s, but its output figures for puddled iron and steel are largely quoted from the BITA Reports. The Annual Statistical Report of British Iron Trade Association gives totals for each process (combining the acid and basic versions of each) and a total for basic steel, which seems to cover both basic processes and overlap with the other statistics. I am however hopeful of making an estimate of the split of combined figures.
My request was a very specific one, for copies of the Annual Statistical Report of British Iron Trade Association for 1891 and 1892. Does anyone know the whereabouts of any copy of either?
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Peter (and anyone else interested),
Riden and Owen 1995, 'British Blast Furnace Statistics 1790-1980' does exactly what it says on the tin. But only for blast furnaces of course, and it is organised by site so you would have to skim through the whole lot to extract the information for specific years. From 1854 onwards it relies on the published annual 'Mineral Statistics', so the volumes for 1891 and 1892 should be an easier source for your purposes if you have easy access to them.
Best,
David
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A request for help: I have been working on late 19th century iron and steel production statistics. One of the primary sources is the Annual Statistical Report of British Iron Trade Association. Their published volumes are extremely scarce. Between British Library, Mitchell Library at Glasgow (whose copies after 1893 may be unique survivals) and NEIMME at Newcastle (whose copy of the 1881 volume may be a unique survival), I have seen copies of all volumes for the full run of this periodical (from 1877 to 1905), but have failed to locate any copy of the volumes for 1891 or 1892. Does anyone know of any surviving copies of those two volumes? Alternatively, does anyone know of later compilations that might have been made from them, before Mitchell & Deane, Abstract of British Historical Statistics. I have a copy of a tabulation, provided by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau, but would like to be able to get back to their primary sources, which they cannot provide.
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