General view from SW showing SSW and SSE fronts of furnace bank with hot-blast tower and ironstone calcining kiln in background

Description General view from SW showing SSW and SSE fronts of furnace bank with hot-blast tower and ironstone calcining kiln in background

Date 13/7/1965

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

Catalogue Number SC 659041

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Shotts Iron Works, 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 most of the furnace bank from the south-west, with the base of the former boiler house chimney on the left. The section of furnace bank with the small arches is early 19th century, and the part with tall arches mid-19th century. The mid-19th century section of furnace bank has been buried in rubbish, and the hot-blast tower in this view has been demolished, leaving only a section of furnace bank and a hot-blast tower exposed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/17/18

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/659041

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