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| Duddon Iron Furnace, Millom Without | ||
| Duddon Iron Furnace | ||
| Duddon Blast Furnace | ||
| locality:- | Duddon Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Millom Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | SD19668828 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1988 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
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 BQK38.jpg Blast furnace and remains of other buildings. (taken 17.4.2009)  BQK39.jpg Blast furnace; the blowing arch on the right received the air from water driven pumps, the casting arch on the left was where the iron was tapped off. (taken 17.4.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 86 15) placename:- Duddon Furnace |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Duddon Iron Furnace, Millom Without, Cumberland, by Herbert
Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0497.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS160 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Fell 1908 placename:- Duddon Iron Furnace |
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| source data:- | Print, etching, by Percy Lancaster, Duddon Furnace, Millom Without, Lancashire, published
by Hume Kitchin, 7 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1908. click to enlargeFLL101.jpg Frontispiece to The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District, by Alfred Fell. printed, bottom "Duddon Furnace" item:- Armitt Library : A701.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Fell 1908 placename:- Duddon Iron Furnace |
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| source data:- | Print, Duddon Furnace from the South East, Millom Without, Lancashire, by Alfred Heaton
Cooper, 1908, published by Hume Kitchin, 7 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1908. click to enlargeFLL104.jpg Tipped in opposite p.209 of The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District, by Alfred Fell. printed, bottom "DUDDON FURNACE FROM THE SOUTH-EAST." printed, lower right "A. HEATON COOPER - 1908" item:- Armitt Library : A701.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Fell 1908 placename:- Duddon Iron Furnace |
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| source data:- | Print, The Blowing Apparatus, Duddon Furnace, Millom Without, Lancashire, by William
Fell, 1908, published by Hume Kitchin, 7 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1908. click to enlargeFLL106.jpg Tipped in opposite p.241 of The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District, by Alfred Fell. printed, bottom "THE BLOWING APPARATUS, DUDDON FURNACE" printed, lower right "W. Fell. 1908." item:- Armitt Library : A701.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Duddon Iron Furnace |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DUDDON IRON FURNACE / / / MILLOM WITHOUT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76345 / SD1966288303" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Iron furnace for charcoal smelting. c.1737. Stone rubble. Square structure has extensions to west built into slope of ground. Deeply splayed furnace openings, that to east with iron lintels, that to south round-arched. Smaller square top structure has round-headed opening to west with long thin voussoirs and C20 inserted door, approached by C20 ramp. Rear extensions have half relieving arches and flat arched window openings, small wing to south has one remaining gable. Footings to demolished structures to south and east, wheel pit to north. Best surviving charcoal fired furnace in South Lakes district. Scheduled Ancient Monument. See Journal of Iron and Steel Institute, June 1962." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RUINED BUILDING TO WEST OF IRON FURNACE / / / MILLOM WITHOUT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76346 / SD1961988280" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Charcoal barns. Early C18 with later barn to west. Stone rubble, no roof. L-plan. Earlier barn to north-east has segmental arched opening to gable end and 1st floor opening to later barn. Barn to south-west is later, built into slope of ground. 2-storey lean-to projecting to north-east and entrance with timber lintel. Inner side of south-west wall, built into ground, has large raking buttressees. 2 entrances at upper level. Inner side of north-east wall has coating of slag to central part. A Scheduled Ancient Monument." |
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 BQK42.jpg The casting arch, where iron was tapped off to cast in pigs. (taken 17.4.2009)  BQK43.jpg Blast furnace. (taken 17.4.2009)  BQK44.jpg Inside the furnace, lined with firebricks. (taken 17.4.2009)  BQK45.jpg A window arch with long voussoirs. (taken 17.4.2009) |
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Furnace, built 1737-38. |
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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 Bowden, Mark: 2000: Furness Iron: English Heritage:: ISBN 0 873592 47 7 |
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| notes:- |
Early 18th century blast furnace; fueled with charcoal, blowing worked by water power. |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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