In 1868 an extension of the Furness Railway was built through the village to transport iron and products from the mills.

In central Canaan, the railroad hub that used to transport iron has been restored.

Later it was used to transport coal and iron to the Wilden Works.

To make matters worse, the protein that transports iron inside organisms, called transferrin, also carries aluminium.

The patients, the study found, had fewer brain receptors responsible for transporting iron.

Sideophores are responsible for transporting iron (usually as Fe) from the medium into the cell to meet the metabolic needs of the organism.

It is possible that this also led to tradesmen specialising in transporting and trading iron (Barros 2000, pg152).

Ferroportin is a transmembrane protein that transports iron from the inside of a cell to the outside of it.

The old road was also used heavily during the American Revolution to transport iron south from the mines in the Adirondacks.

Torpedo ladles are commonly used to transport liquid iron from a blast furnace to another part of the steel mill.