describe Ramsjo ironwork.

Ramsjo Ironworks was a large plant with smelter, rolling mill and forge. The master smith and his helper sat in the dark forge near the furnace waiting for the pig iron, which had been put in the fire to be ready to put on the anvil. Every now and then one of them got up to stir the glowing mass with a long iron bar, returning in a few moments, dripping with perspiration though as was the custom, he wore nothing but a long shirt and a pair of wooden shoes. All the time there were many sounds to be heard in the forge. The big bellows groaned and the burning coal cracked. The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the maw of the furnace with a great deal of clutter. Outside roared the waterfall and a sharp north wind whipped the rain against the brick-tiled roof. 

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