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| Derwent Works, Workington | ||
| Derwent Works | ||
| locality:- | Mossbay | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | NX98812738 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9827 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| notes:- |
Marked on OS 1918 Popular Edition one inch map, sheet 8. |
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| notes:- |
Begun about 1873. by Derwent Hematite iron Co, and the first blast furnace started
un 1874. by 1882 there were three furnaces, eventually there were five. The works
were run by a succession of companies; Charles Cammell and Co, Cammell Laird and Co,
and the British Steel Corporation. The works produced steel using Bessemer converters,
as well as pig iron. Closed about 1936. |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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