Bonawe, Iron Works, Furnace View of N face of furnace prior to preservation
SC 590935
Description Bonawe, Iron Works, Furnace View of N face of furnace prior to preservation
Date 21/3/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 590935
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Bonawe Ironworks, Taynuilt, Argyll & Bute This charcoal-fuelled iron-smelting works was the most successful of a number of such works established in the western Highlands of Scotland in the mid-18th century. It was founded by the proprietors of the Newland Furnace in Furness. This shows the blast furnace during conservation by the then Ministry of Works. The polythene cover is protecting the cast iron lintels of the blowing arch during resin impregnation. To left and right are sheds for storing raw materials. This was the last charcoal iron works to operate in Scotland, closing in the mid-1870s. The works seen here were undertaken by way of grant-in-aid to the owner, who subsequently placed the monument in the care of what is now Historic Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/170/1B
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