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| West Cumberland Haematite Ironworks, Workington | ||
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| West Cumberland Haematite Ironworks | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven Junction Railway | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | railway sidings | |
| coordinates:- | NX99792980 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9929 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 7) placename:- West Cumberland Haematite Ironworks |
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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. "West Cumberland Haematite Ironworks" with sidings from railway |
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| notes:- |
Incorporated 1860, the first furnace was operated from 1862. The works produced pig
iron and wrought iron, and expanded into steel making by 1872. There were six blast
furnaces and four Bessemer converters. Closed 1893. |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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