Ironworks
A view over the Walney Channel towards Black Coombe from the Channelside walkway to The Slagbank at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Slagbank was created from waste products from the Ironworks (1859-1963). The gorse bushes lining the footpath. are resplendent in the springtime.
Duddon Bridge Iron Furnace near Broughton In Furness, Cumbria.
The restored Duddon Ironworks which was operational from 1736 to 1866 is one of the finest and most complete charcoal-fired blast furnaces in Britain.
The Charging House, Duddon Bridge Iron Furnace near Broughton In Furness, Cumbria.
The charging house was where iron ore, charcoal and a little limestone were fed into the furnace.
Inside the casting arch of the furnace at Duddon Bridge Ironworks near Broughton In Furness, Cumbria.
There were three entrances to the furnace: The charging arch, the blowing arch and the casting arch. This photo shows the casting arch on the left where the molten metal and slag were tapped off, and the blowing arch to the right which was connected to water-powered bellows.
Inside the casting arch of the furnace at Duddon Bridge Ironworks near Broughton In Furness, Cumbria.
There were three entrances to the furnace: The charging arch, the blowing arch and the casting arch. This entrance was connected to the casting arch where slag and molten metal were tapped off.
The Blowing Arch, Duddon Bridge Iron Furnace near Broughton In Furness, Cumbria.
The blowing arch is one of three entrances to the furnace. Bellows, powered by a water wheel were connected to this arch.
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria.
Florence Haematite Mine was first sunk in 1914, but was forced to close in 1968 following nationalisation. Beckermet Mines (part of the British Steel Corporation) took it over, but closed the mine in 1980. Some redundant mine workers then invested their redundancy payments in the pit and re-opened part of the underground workings as the Egremont Mining Co. making Florence Mine the last deep working iron ore mine in Europe. It finally closed in 2007 due to the cost of pumping. A group of volunteers took it over as a heritage musuem, but failed to get public funding and the enterprise ended in 2007.
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Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria.
Florence Haematite Mine was first sunk in 1914, but was forced to close in 1968 following nationalisation. Beckermet Mines (part of the British Steel Corporation) took it over, but closed the mine in 1980. Some redundant mine workers then invested their redundancy payments in the pit and re-opened part of the underground workings as the Egremont Mining Co. making Florence Mine the last deep working iron ore mine in Europe. It finally closed in 2007 due to the cost of pumping. A group of volunteers took it over as a heritage musuem, but failed to get public funding and the enterprise ended in 2007.
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria.
Florence Haematite Mine was first sunk in 1914, but was forced to close in 1968 following nationalisation. Beckermet Mines (part of the British Steel Corporation) took it over, but closed the mine in 1980. Some redundant mine workers then invested their redundancy payments in the pit and re-opened part of the underground workings as the Egremont Mining Co. making Florence Mine the last deep working iron ore mine in Europe. It finally closed in 2007 due to the cost of pumping. A group of volunteers took it over as a heritage musuem, but failed to get public funding and the enterprise ended in 2007.
Breakwaters along the industrial coastline of Harrington in West Cumbria.
On the site of a former ironworks, this landscape has a beauty of its own.
A breakwater and coastal navigation marker in front of the old ironworks slag bank on the shore at Harrington on the West Coast of Cumbria.
The former ironworks slag bank at Harrington overlooking the Solway Firth on the West Coast of Cumbria.
The village of Lindale in South Cumbria.
The tall iron obelisk is a memorial to John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an ironworker and inventor who lived in the village from 1750. John Wilkinson produced the iron for and helped design the world's first iron bridge at Ironbridge and he also made the world's first iron boat in 1787.
The John Wilkinson Memorial at Lindale in Cumbria.
The tall iron obelisk is a memorial to John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an ironworker and inventor who lived in the village from 1750. John Wilkinson produced the iron for and helped design the world's first iron bridge at Ironbridge and he also made the world's first iron boat in 1787.
Millom Ironworks, Millom , Cumbria.
Millom Ironworks was founded in 1865 and closed in 1968. The large 'rock' is a solidified plug of iron from a blast furnace.
A view of Black Combe from a slag heap and the pond on Millom Ironworks Local Nature Reserve, Millom, Cumbria.
Millom Ironworks was founded in 1865 and closed in 1968. This pond is home to rare natterjack toads.
Iron ore slag heaps from the Carnforth Haematite Iron Company (1864-1930), Warton Sands, Warton in Lancashire.
The row of surreal iron ore slag heaps from the Carnforth Haematite Iron Company (1864-1930), Warton Sands, Warton in Lancashire.