Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Number of Furnaces, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1893-1921 (2)--Original Data, 1921-1939. Data For May 1893 Are For Returns From 2/3 Of Ironmasters; Data For June-July 1893 Are For Returns From 3/4 Of Ironmasters. The Scottish Coal Miner'S Strike Began In June 1893. Great Coal Dispute Settled In November 1893. Data For 1894 Include 85% Of Total Blast Furnaces. Data For March 1912 Significantly Effected By A Coal Dispute. Data For September 1919 Interpolated By NBER. Source: Labour Gazette, May 1894, P. 140, And Monthly Issues Thereafter.

This NBER data series m01133a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01133a