Dear Paul,

I don't know much about the subject but below is the data
I have available immediately.

Percy Volume 2 p155 Gives a quote stating that
Malouin made galvanized iron in 1742, and in 1786 that
the method had been used extensively in the Rouen
district of France to make saucepans. However, the
process was not taken up in Britain as in 1831 Dumas
thought that galvanizing would not be of any use.


Tylecote 1976 'A history of metallurgy' p133

states that 'The idea of stiffening iron sheet had been
introduced by R. Walter of Rotherham in 1828, and hot
zinc dipping was patented in 1836. But does not give a
date for the combination of the two to produce
'corrugated iron'.

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On Tue, 25 May 1999 10:32:36 +0100 Paul Belford
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> Does anyone know if a general history of corrugated iron has been
> written?  I believe this material was first in use in the 1840s, but
> I have no idea who first made it or when?  Also I would be interested
> in the specific history of the LYSAGHT brand (of corrugated iron) in
> Australia.  Any help, or pointers to further information, would be
> much appreciated...
>
> Paul Belford
>
> Paul Belford
> ARCUS
> Research School of Archaeology
> University of Sheffield
> Sheffield
> S1 4DT
> UK
>
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Chris Salter

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