A factory, foundry, or industrial facility where copper is processed, refined, smelted, or manufactured into products.
From 'copper' + 'works' (industrial establishment, from Old English 'werc'). '-works' suffix indicates a place of production or manufacture.
During the Industrial Revolution, copperworks were central to imperialism—countries controlled copper-producing regions to fuel their industries, and the British copperworks of Wales and Cornwall became the model for global manufacturing.
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