View from NNE showing N and E fronts

Description View from NNE showing N and E fronts

Date 1965

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

Catalogue Number SC 646031

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content West Charcoal Shed, Bonawe Iron Works, Argyll & Bute This iron-smelting works was founded in 1752 by the partners in the Newland Furnace Co, near Ulverston, Lancashire, acting here as the Lorn Furnace Co. It was built to use charcoal made from local woodland as a fuel, ore being brought in ships from Lancashire, which returned with iron. This shows the larger of the two large charcoal sheds, which was, like the other one, charged from the back. Charcoal was only made in the summer, and had to be stored for year-round working of the furnace, hence the large size of the stores. The works operated until the early 1870s, and was then abandoned. The ore and charcoal sheds were then used for agricultural purposes. The works was repaired by the Ministry of Public Buildings & Works from 1967, and is now in the care of Historic Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/10/27

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/646031

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap