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Distington Ironworks |
| locality:- |
Distington |
| civil parish:- |
Distington (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
ironworks |
| locality type:- |
blast furnace |
| coordinates:- |
NY02022427 (etc) |
| 1Km square:- |
NY0224 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY02 |
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notes:-
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Erected by Distington Hematite Iron Co, from 1878. There were three blast furnaces
(?); fueled by coke, steam powered blowing. Production ceased 1922.
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The plant is mostly remembered for a disastrous boiler explosion. Four of their Lancashire
boilers exploded on 18 September 1909. The boilers were each 30 feet long and 8 feet
diameter; two half boilers landed in a field a third of a mile away. No person was
hurt, the small number of men in the works on a Saturday were all shielded by the
furnaces and engine houses.
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Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977
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notes:-
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Marked on OS 1918 Popular Series one inch map.
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