Detail of lintel of furnace dated 1753
SC 355161
Description Detail of lintel of furnace dated 1753
Catalogue Number SC 355161
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 194
Scope and Content Furnace showing tuyere arch at Bonawe Ironworks, Bonawe, Strathclyde Bonawe Ironworks on the shore of Loch Etive was founded in 1752-3 by Richard Ford and Company as an offshoot of their works at Furness in England. It exploited local wood for smelting iron ore brought via the loch from Lancashire and Cumberland. This cast iron lintel is set into the tuyere arch. Its raised letters read, 'Bunaw F 1753'. In the 18th century, the timber supply attracted several iron companies to Scotland, including an Irish co-partnership at Glen Kinglass, and two English companies from Furness at Craleckan and at Bonawe - now the best-preserved site. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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