Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| ironworks, Cleator Moor | ||
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| Cleator Moor Ironworks | ||
| locality:- | Leconsfield | |
| locality:- | Cleator Moor | |
| civil parish:- | Cleator Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | NY01621545 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0115 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY01 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 12) placename:- Hematite 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. |
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| notes:- |
The first blast furnace was erected by Thomas Ainsworth, 1842. Coal and iron ore are
found locally. The blast furnace was fueled by coke, made in beehive overns nearby.
The blowing was powered by steam? There wer eventually six blast furnaces, replaced
by three of greater capacity. Ceased operating 1929. |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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