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Furnace, Craleckan Ironworks View from SSW showing part of WSW front
SC 602582
Description Furnace, Craleckan Ironworks View from SSW showing part of WSW front
Date 1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 602582
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Iron-smelting Furnace, Craleckan Ironworks, Furnace, Argyll & Bute This furnace was built in 1755 by the Argyle Furnace Company, a partnership formed by the Duddon Furnace Co of Cumbria. It was built to use charcoal made from local woods to smelt ore imported from Cumbria. The iron made was then exported to England. This shows the furnace stack from the north-east, with the former casting house on the right. The massive tapering outer casing of the furnace contains a stone-lined shaft, the top of which can be seen, covered in ivy. This is where the charcoal, ore and limestone were loaded into the top of the furnace. The works closed in 1812, and most of it then fell into decay. It was, however so well built that the masonry was still almost intact in the 1960s. Some consolidation was undertaken in the 1970s by the Ministry of Works (now Historic Scotland). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/372/2C
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/602582
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