Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| ironworks, Harrington | ||
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| Harrington Ironworks | ||
| locality:- | Harrington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | NX98722478 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9824 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 2) |
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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. "Furnace (Iron)" |
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| notes:- |
Started by Charles Henry Plevins and Edwin Lewis, 1857. It was reported in the press
1860:- |
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| "... one solitary furnace in a half decayed condition built by some enterprising but
unfortunate speculators, looked like a solitary hermit and some said, the last of
its race ..." |
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| The enterprise was taken over by Bains, Blair and Paterson, 1863, and flourished.
By 1908 it was owned by Harrington Iron and Coal Co. Closed 1909; reopened during
World War I; finally closed early 1920s |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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