Puddling is a significant process in turning cast or raw metal iron into maleable or wrought iron. A Pudler would work with iron drawn from the furnace to expel the excess carbon from the iron, stirring, turning and layering it. Once puddled and drwn into bars you would have an iron whch could be "wrought" or made up into iron goods (wrought iron gates) Wrought Iron when it corodes and rusts tends to laminate, revealing the layering that had occurred during its manufacture. Regards Bill Nash ----- Original Message ----- From: l.defrancis <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:20 AM Subject: [GLS] What is a Pudler? > Hi, > > Has anyone an idea what a 'pudler' is? > A friend researching her ancestry sent me these details: > I got the marriage cert. (1882) for my great-grandparents Walter Flinn and Annie Todd, and his father > William Flinn is described as "a Pudler at a forge". > > Stumped me, I'm afraid. My best guess was something to do with smelting or dousing....any blacksmiths out there? > Lisa. > > > > ==== GLOUCESTER Mailing List ==== > Search the Gloucestershire Genealogy Mailing List Archives at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GLOUCESTER-L > >