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| ironworks, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
| Barrow Steelworks | ||
| Ulverston Hematite Iron Works | ||
| Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Works | ||
| locality:- | Hindpool | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | SD18957001 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1870 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD17 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 376:- "Caution. - The navigational lights in this neighbourhood are not always easy to distinguish, on account of the glare which sometimes emanates from the iron-works along this coast; the glare from the iron-works at Hindpool. the northern part of Barrow, has occasionally been seen from distances more than 15 miles westward of Walney island." |
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| notes:- |
Scneider and Hannay erected an ironworks at Hindpool with three blast furnaces, the
first blow was in 1859. By 1860 there were six furnaces. Sampson Jordan, a french
metallurgist reported:- |
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| "Six furnaces are at present in blast producing about 2,500 tons of pig metal per week
... on average upward of 60 tons per furnace in 24 hours. a production hitherto unparalleled
in the metallurgy of iron" |
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| Steel production was planned by the Barrow Hematite Steel Co, involving Ramsden and
Devonshire from 1863-63. Bessemer converters were at work from 1865. |
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| Andrews, Michael: 2012: Furness Railway, A History: Barrai Books (Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria) |
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