Cumberland Iron Works is a family owned and operated business founded in 1983 and continues to be a leader in the art of hand-forged metalwork.
Cumberland Iron Works designs, produces & installs custom architectural metalwork that includes driveway gates, garden gates, balconies, interior and exterior stairway railings, porch railings, doors and miscellaneous items. To see examples, browse the photo gallery.
Our primary expertise is design and we are customer-oriented and take pride in exceeding your expectations. |
| What Is Wrought Iron, Exactly? |
Wrought iron is so named because it is worked from a "bloom" of porous iron mixed with slag and other impurities. The word "wrought" is an archaic past tense of the verb to work. As irregular past-tense forms in English have historically been phased out over long periods of time, wrought became worked. Wrought iron literally means worked iron.
When consumers look for wrought iron goods they may also refer to them as rod iron or rot iron. The term also could mean the consumer is looking for one of three different possibilities: actual wrought iron items, hand forged items, or simply the "look" of wrought iron. Even though the official term is wrought iron, the other variations have become commonplace.
Wrought iron has been used for thousands of years, and represents the "iron" that is referred to throughout western history. It is a fibrous material with many strands of slag mixed into the metal. These slag inclusions give it a "grain" resembling wood, with distinct appearance when etched or bent to the point of failure.
Wrought iron has been almost totally replaced by mild steel. It is not produced at all today for commercial use, although one company in the U.K. is known to reprocess scrap, antique wrought iron into stock for commercial sale. It was used when a tough material was required, in applications such as rivets, chains, railway couplings, water and steam pipes, raw material for manufacturing of steel, bolts and nuts, horse shoe bars, handrails, straps for timber roof trusses, boiler tubes, etc. References relating to wrought iron may occasionally still be found in engineering literature.
Ornamental ironwork utilizes the great malleability of wrought iron, and is still often referred to as "wrought iron work" even though today it is more likely to be made from mild steel. |
| | Structural Steel Staircases |
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Simplify your next home building project by using Cumberland Iron Works structural steel staircase system. It’s simple.
Phase 1 — Send your plans to us and our engineer will create a stair plan and send it to you for review. We fabricate the staircase and our professional installation team installs it.
Phase 2 — We keep your stair template on file so ordering your handrail is a snap as well. Choose from several beautiful styles. We build the handrail and install it on your schedule.
Download Stair System Brochure to learn more.
From drive gates to sink vanities, the possibilities are numerous. Do you have an idea? Let us know.
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