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Argyll, Bonawe Ironworks, Furnace. Detail of mouth of furnace at Bonawe ironworks
AG 197
Description Argyll, Bonawe Ironworks, Furnace. Detail of mouth of furnace at Bonawe ironworks
Date 1960
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 197
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 358654, SC 2598343
Scope and Content Furnace shaft 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. During operation, hot gasses escaped from this furnace shaft while raw materials were continuously shovelled into it. A period of operation, or campaign, ran from late autumn, through winter, and ended in the early summer. 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.
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