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The works were part of the (larger) Principio Company, whose other holdings included the Accokeek or Potomac Ironworks on the land of George Washington's father, Augustine Washington (north of Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia). This works was originally developed by the ironmaster England as a source of iron ore.
The Parapara iron ore had since the 1870s been used for making red paint, with a tram eventually connecting to a wharf. [ 5 ] Skilton's wharf on the Onekaka Inlet was used to deliver building materials and equipment to build the ironworks in Onekaka, [ 3 ] and take away the finished product. [ 2 ]
The works were built to exploit the high-quality iron ore and low-sulphur coal found in the area. Low Moor made wrought iron products from 1801 until 1957 for export around the world. At one time it was the largest ironworks in Yorkshire, a major complex of mines, piles of coal and ore, kilns, blast furnaces, forges and slag heaps connected by ...
The Erla hammer mill in the mid-19th century Factory of the Erla Ironworks, c. 1840 Erla Iron Smeltery c. 1910. The emergence of the hammer mill is closely connected to the discovery of haematite on the Rothenberg mountain, which led to the establishment of the most important iron ore mine in the Kingdom of Saxony in the mid-19th century.
The ruins remain today as one of the best preserved 19th-century iron furnace sites in the South. [5] Also known as the Roupes Valley Iron Company, these works had significant influence on the later development of the Birmingham iron and steel industry. An experiment conducted at Tannehill in 1862 proved red iron ore could successfully be used ...
The Forest of Dean, with its huge iron-ore reserves and ready supply of timber, had been an area of national importance in the production of iron, using charcoal, for hundreds of years. [1] Even the name Cinderford is thought to have derived from the term sinders meaning clinker , that was left behind by early Roman ironworks ( ford probably ...
Geology of northern Lincolnshire. Near surface iron ore formations in red (NEIMME Transactions, v.24, 1875) It is thought that the iron deposits in Lincolnshire were worked sometime before the 19th and 20th century exploitations – forges at Stowe are mentioned in the Domesday Book, and archaeological evidence has been found of iron working at Scunthorpe.
This was intended to be 50 feet (15 m) high with cast iron blowing cylinders, rather than the traditional bellows. It was probably brought into blast in autumn 1767. [2] In the meantime, Plymouth Ironworks was leased to provide pig iron for the forge. [3] Brownrigg retired as a partner in 1777, receiving £1,500 for his share. [4]