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Iron Casting: technical process in which iron is cast (poured) into 
moulds, used occasionally from the 16%%sup th/%  century for the 
production of monuments, epitaphs, statues or portals; it was not 
until the 18%%sup th/%  century that this technique was perfected 
in England and subsequently became widespread in Austria. In 1742 the 
monastery of St. Lambrecht (Styria) was given the privilege for 
establishing an iron-casting mill near Mariazell, which was taken over 
by the government in 1786 and specialised in the production of 
fortification cannons and ammunition. In addition, bibelots and 
objects of art (busts, statues, crucifixes, lamps, chandeliers, desk 
sets) were produced. Other works, e.g. in Andritz, produced fences 
(original fences around the factory have been preserved) or statues 
(Toepperbruecke bridge near Lunz). The monuments of Emperor 
Joseph II were made in the Salm iron casting works in Blansko 
(Czech Republic) around 1880.


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