Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland Highlands and Islands

Date 1753 - 1757

Event ID 617680

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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The furnace was built for Cumbrian ironmaster Richard Ford, who founded the Newland Company of Furness. The iron lintels over the tap holes are dated 1753 and 1757.

The works were in almost continuous production for 120 years until they closed in 1876.

R Paxton and Jim Shipway 2007b

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.