Publication drawing: Lorn Furnace, Bonawe: plan and section of furnace, ore-shed and charcoal-sheds
AGD 42/21
Description Publication drawing: Lorn Furnace, Bonawe: plan and section of furnace, ore-shed and charcoal-sheds
Date c. 1975
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AGD 42/21
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies SC 358432, SC 358431, SC 358433, AGD 42/21 P
Scope and Content Plan of 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. A waterwheel (En) powered the furnace bellows (El). The two largest buildings (A,B) are charcoal sheds. Ore was delivered by boat, loaded into the back of the iron-ore-shed (D) and unloaded from the front. The barkhouse (C) belongs to a later tannery. A charcoal-fuelled blast furnace is fed with limestone, charcoal and ore. Continuous blasts of air fuel the burning charcoal. The temperature reaches about 1200 (C. Impurities combined with limestone, or slag, floats to the top of the molten iron. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Ink
External Reference Inv. fig. 241
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