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Lowther Iron Works, Workington
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Lowther Iron Works
locality:-   Workington
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   ironworks
locality type:-   blast furnace
coordinates:-   NX99492940 (about) 
1Km square:-   NX9929
10Km square:-   NX92

notes:-  
Started by the North of England Hematite Co, 1872. The first blast furnace operated from 1873. Fueled by coke, which came from Durham; steam powered blowing. A third furnace was begun by new owners, the Lowther Hematite Iron Co, late 1870s. One furnace operated by new owners, the Workington Iron and Steel Co, from 1911. Closed late 1911.

Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977

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