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Workington Haematite Ironworks, Workington
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Workington Haematite Ironworks
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Workington Hematite Ironworks
site name:-   Whitehaven Junction Railway
locality:-   Workington
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   ironworks
locality type:-   blast furnace
locality type:-   railway sidings
coordinates:-   NX99502984 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9929
10Km square:-   NX92
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 7) 
placename:-  Workington Haematite Ironworks
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.
"Workington Haematite Ironworks"
with sidings from railway 

notes:-  
Set up by Workington Hematite Iron Co incorporated 1856, commenced operation 1859. Coke fuel; steam powered blowing. There were some problems with the processes which were corrected by Bessemer, and the works became a major source for 'Bessemer' iron for steel making. There were six furnaces operating by 1870. After many years, and changes, the plant closed in 1930.

Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977

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