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blast furnace

type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals
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Summary

blast furnace ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,025 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: metallurgical furnace[2], aggregate machine[3]
  • Commons category: Blast furnaces[4]
  • Commons gallery: Blast furnace[5]
  • Product or material produced: cast iron[6], ferroalloy[7]
  • Described by source: Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[8], The New Student's Reference Work[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11]
  • Replaces: bloomery[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[13]

Why It Matters

blast furnace has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 9w ago · Sadads · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Global energy monitor wiki id → Blast_furnace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Global energy monitor wiki id: Alto-forno, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264282|batch #264282]]"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → blast-furnaces
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: blast-furnaces, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910537|blast furnaces (#289910537)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 28149j
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0219098-vysoke-pece
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0219098-vysoke-pece, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id → 706
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id: 706, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P4980]]"
  6. 20w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id → 706
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id: T96-706, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/42482971|haut fourneau (#42482971)]]"
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