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| Cunsey Furnace, Cunsey | ||
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| Cunsey Furnace | ||
| Cunsey Smelt Mill | ||
| locality:- | Cunsey | |
| civil parish:- | Satterthwaite (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | SD382936 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3893 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) placename:- Cunza Furnace |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of
Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter
Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819. CT9SD39W.jpg "Cunza Furnace" block, building/s item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) placename:- Cunza Furnace |
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| source data:- | Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its
Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke,
engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James
Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CLBSD39W.jpg "Cunza Furnace" item:- private collection : 10.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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The site was leased to Daniel Cotton and Edward Hill, 1711, who operated a blast furnace
from then to 1750. It was then taken over by the Backbarrow Company, but ceased working
about this time. It was partly demolished 1760, completely 1800; no traces remain
of the blast furnace in the present house. |
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| At first fueled by charcoal; blowing worked by water power. |
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| Marshall, J D &Davies-Shiel, Michael: 1977 (2nd edn): Industrial Archaeology of the
Lake Counties: Moon, Michael (Beckermet, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 904131 13 0 Fell, A: 1906: Early Industry in Furness Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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