| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Walker ironfoundry: York, c.1825-1923 | Malden, John | Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society | 1976 | Book |
| History of Kirkstall forge: through seven centuries, 1200-1954 A.D.: the story of England's oldest ironwks | Butler, Rodney | William Sessions Ltd | 1954 | Book |
| Smithies of Ireland: of the 19th century: a 32 county list | Hogg, William E | William Hogg | 2012 | Book |
| Red earth: the iron mines of Furness | Kelly, Dave | William David Kelly | 1998 | Book |
| History of water mills, the Wealden iron industry, & geology of the South-East | Herbert, B K; Smart, C; Woodrow, C E | Watermill Museum Haxted Edenbridge | | Book |
| Men of Iron | | Wallingford Historical and Archaeological Society | 1983 | Book |
| Water mills and furnaces on the Yorkshire Deane and its tributaries | Umpleby, Tom | Wakefield Historical Publications | 2000 | Book |
| Die Baudenkmäler des Eisenhüttenwesens in Osterreich: ein Beitrag zur industriearchäologischen Forschung | Wehdorn, Manfred | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure | 1977 | Book |
| Forge and the Wheel | Timmins, JG | University of Sheffield | 1968 | Book |
| Ironworks on the Saugus: the Lynn and Braintree ventures of the company of undertakers of the ironworks in New England | Hartley, E N | University of Oklahoma Press | 1957 | Book |
| Iron industry of the Forest of Dean | Meredith, John | Tempus Publishing | 2006 | Book |
| Iron for the eagles: the iron industry of Roman Britain | Ridge, Isabel; Sim, David | Tempus | 2002 | Book |
| Frohnauer Hammer | Anon, | Technisches Museum Frohnauer Hammer | | Book |
| Park Bridge ironworks: and the archaeology of the wrought iron industry in North West England, 1600 to 1900 | Nevell, Michael; Roberts, John | Tameside MBC | 2003 | Book |
| Alexander Raby: ironmaster | Barker, David; Crocker, Alan; Crocker, Glenys; Hodgkinson, Jeremy S; John, Lyn; Potter, John F; Taylor, David | Surrey Industrial History Group | 2000 | Book |
| Fonte fer acier: Rhône-Alpes XVe - début XXe siècle | Belhoste, Jean-François | SPADEM | 1992 | Book |
| Needle mills: a study of the watermills serving the industry | Rollins, John G | SPAB | 1970 | Book |
| Top forge, Wortley: an ancient monument in the care of the Sheffield trades historical society | Johnson, M P; Worrall, P | South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust Ltd | | Book |
| Top forge - Wortley: official guide | Johnson, M P; Morley, C; Worrall, P | South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust Ltd | | Book |
| Maquinas hidraulicas de molinos y herrerias y govierno de los arboles y montes de Vizcaya | Villareal de Berriz, Pedro Bernardo | Sociedad Guipuzcoana de Ediciones y Publicaciones | 1973 | Book |
| First top forge at Wortley: South Yorkshire | | Sheffield Trades Historical Society | | Book |
| Scythe-making at Abbeydale | Silvester, J W H | Sheffield City Museums | 1976 | Book |
| Sheffield steel | Barraclough, K C | Sheffield City Museums | 1976 | Book |
| Shepherd wheel, 1584-1984 | Peatman, Janet | Sheffield City Museums | 1984 | Book |
| Drawing, grinding and polishing in the history of technique: With 39 illustrations from the author | Arens, Josef | Schumag | | Book |
| Sidney ironworks accounts: 1541-1573 | Crossley, David W | Royal Historical Society | 1975 | Book |
| Maggs and Hindley: two families, two hundred years, an industrial heritage at Bourton, Dorset | Mullins, Robert | Robert Mullins | 2014 | Book |
| Schleifkotten, Mühlen und Hämmer an den Solinger Bächen | Lunkenheimer, Ludwig | Rheinland Verlag | 1990 | Book |
| Der Eisenhammer Dorfchemnitz Osterzgebirge | Fischer, Ruth | Rat der Gemeinde Dorfchemnitz | | Book |
| Story of Wortley ironworks:a record of its history and traditions and eight centuries of Yorkshire iron-working | Andrews, C Reginald; Andrews, Mary | R Milward Printers | 1975 | Book |
| Story of Wortley ironworks: a record of its history and traditions, and eight centuries of Yorkshire iron-making | Andrews, C Reginald; Andrews, Mary | R Milward Printers | 1975 | Book |
| Development of iron and steel technology in China | Needham, Joseph | Newcomen Society | 1958 | Book |
| Gazetteer of charcoal-fired blast furnaces in use since 1660 | Riden, Philip | Merton Priory Press | 1993 | Book |
| Historic Melingriffith: an account of Pentyrch iron works and Melingriffith tinplate works | Chappell, Edgar L | Merton Priory Press | 1995 | Book |
| British blast furnace statistics: 1790-1980 | Owen, John G; Riden, Philip | Merton Priory Press | 1995 | Book |
| Iron industry of the Weald | Cleere, Henry; Crossley, David W | Leicester University Press | 1985 | Book |
| Derwentcote Steel Furnace: an industrial monument in County Durham | Cranstone, D | Lancaster Imprits | 1997 | Book |
| Industrial biography: iron workers and tool makers | Smiles, Samuel | John Murray | 1879 | Book |
| Boyd family millwrights and engineers of Hull | Moseley, Janet | Janet Moseley | 2017 | Book |
| Forge d'Aube | Lecherbonnier, Yannick | Inventaire General SPADEM | 2001 | Book |
| Forges de Syam: Jura | Blandin, Patrick; Claerr-Roussel, Christiane; Desgranchamps, Guy; Mairot, Philippe; Poupard, Laurent | Inventaire General SPADEM | 1996 | Book |
| L'Ancienne métallurgie dans le Département des Vosges | Roussel, Francis | Inventaire General SPADEM | 1988 | Book |
| Best means of preventing the pollution of rivers, 5th and 6th reports | | HMSO | 1874 | Book |
| Portsmouth block-making machinery: A pioneering enterprise in mass production | Gilbert, K R | Her Majesty's Stationery Office | 1965 | Book |
| Finch Brothers' foundry: Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon | Fyfield-Shayler, B A; Norton, C P | Graphmitre | | Book |
| Pedro Bernardo Villarreal de Bérriz (1669-1740): semblanza de un vasco precursor | Ruiz de Azúa y Martínez de Ezquerecocha, María Estibaliz | Fundacion Juanelo Turriano | | Book |
| Early iron industry of Furness and district: an historical and descriptive account from earliest times to the end of the 18th century with an account of Furness ironmasters in Scotland, 1726-1800 | Fell, Alfred | Frank Cass | 1968 | Book |
| Needle making and the forge mill | Luty, John | Forge Mill Museum Trust | | Book |
| Guide to forge mill museum | Gaffney, V L; Robertson, A T | Forge Mill Museum Trust | | Book |
| Furness Iron: the physical remains of the iron industry and related woodland industries of Furness and Southern Lakeland | Bowden, Mark | English Heritage | 2000 | Book |
