Bonawe Ironworks, Lorn Furnace View from N showing NNW front and ENE front of Lorn Furnace with ore-shed in background

Description Bonawe Ironworks, Lorn Furnace View from N showing NNW front and ENE front of Lorn Furnace with ore-shed in background

Date 14/5/1976

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 489240

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Bonawe Ironworks, Argyll This was built as a charcoal-fuelled iron-smelting works, one of five established in the Scottish highlands in the 18th century, This one was set up by partners in the Newland Company of Lancashire, to exploit the scrub woodlands of the area. This view shows the works from the north east, with the furnace towards the right. Behind the furnace are, from the left, the iron-ore shed and two charcoal sheds. The buildings are seen after repair by the Department of the Environment from the 1960s. This was the last charcoal-fuelled iron-smelting works to operate in Scotland, closing in about 1876. The sheds survived in agricultural use until the 1960s, when the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works began a programme of repair. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H76/96/16

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/489240

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