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View from W showing NNW front and part of WSW front
SC 646036
Description View from W showing NNW front and part of WSW front
Date 1965
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 646036
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Workers' Housing, 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 smaller of the two blocks of workers' housing provided by the firm. This one, which is a terrace, probably housed supervisory workers. The manager's house is in the trees in the background. 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. These houses are now privately owned. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/65/10/32
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/646036
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