Shotts Ironworks View of base of No.1 blast furnace
SC 620732
Description Shotts Ironworks View of base of No.1 blast furnace
Date c. 1965
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 620732
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Shotts Ironworks, Shotts, North Lanarkshire This works was founded in 1802 by the Shotts Iron Co, and greatly enlarged in the 1840s to use the hot blast process. It survived until 1947, when the nationalisation of its coal mines resulted in its closure and demolition. The associated foundries and workshops continued in operation until the 1970s. This shows part of the furnace bank, from which materials were charged into the row of blast furnaces along its base. The brickwork originally formed the base of No 1 Furnace, demolished along with the other five, in 1947. The furnace bank, and the brick hot-blast tower on top, survived the clearance of the site after the foundries and workshops closed in the 1970s. A large health centre now occupies the area in front of the furnace bank. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H/37
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