Sectional View on Lines X and Y, South Elevation, Plans at Charging Level and Hearth Level u.s. u.d.
SC 358452
Description Sectional View on Lines X and Y, South Elevation, Plans at Charging Level and Hearth Level u.s. u.d.
Catalogue Number SC 358452
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 10648
Scope and Content South elevation of furnace at Craleckan Ironworks, Furnace, Argyll, Strathclyde Craleckan Ironworks on the shore of Loch Fyne was founded in 1755 by the Duddon Furnace Company from Furness in England. It exploited local wood for smelting iron ore brought via the loch from Lancashire and Cumberland. Raw material was carried through the charging-house and tipped into the furnace shaft. Like others of its type, this furnace would have operated during autumn and winter, so a 'bothy' was provided for the workers. 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', float to the top of the molten iron. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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