General view of hearth, looking down mouth of furnace
SC 358655
Description General view of hearth, looking down mouth of furnace
Catalogue Number SC 358655
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 198
Scope and Content Furnace shaft and furnace 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. This is the view straight down the furnace shaft to the furnace floor over 10 metres beneath. During smelting, the entire furnace would have been filled to the top with raw materials. 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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