Blast Furnace Small 169×320 Medium 339×640 Large 542×1024 Download Tiff Original 1270×2400 | (781.2 KB) Description A furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air Keywords Blast, chamber, enclosure, furnace Galleries Iron and Steel Industry Source: Government Printing Office Official Gazette (Washingon, DC: Government Printing Office, 1912)