View showing tuyere

Description View showing tuyere

Date 2/10/1967

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

Catalogue Number SC 682213

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Craleckan Iron Works, Furnace, Argyll & Bute This charcoal-fuelled iron smelting works was established in 1755 by the Argyle Furnace Co, founded by partners in the Duddon Furnace in the Lake District. It used ore brought up from west Lancashire, and drew supplies of charcoal from the woodlands of mid-Argyll. This shows the tuyere hole of the furnace, with the remains of the fireclay tuyere through which air was blown into the furnace to raise the temperature of the burning charcoal to the point where iron would melt. Round the tuyere is the stone lining of the furnace. This iron works closed in 1812, during a serious recession, and never reopened. It was abandoned with a charge of raw materials still in place, so that the lining is still intact, a rare, if not unique feature. The furnace remains are relatively complete, and were repaired in the early 1980s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/67/7/19

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/682213

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