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Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.
Museum in 1977, in former Andrew Carnegie Library. Moira Furnace: Moira: Industry: 19th-century iron-making blast furnace, with short boat rides on the restored canal. National Gas Museum Leicester: Leicester: Industry: Gas industry museum, on production and supply of gas, and gas related artifacts and domestic appliances. National Space Centre ...
The restored section of the Ashby de la Zouch Canal alongside Moira Furnace, now a museum. The short new section of canal at Snarestone excavated in 2010. Beyond the bend at the far end, work started on the next section in 2012. The reconstructed bridge 62 and the winding hole beyond formed the limit of restoration from Snarestone in March 2016.
The furnace site also has craft workshops and a small nature reserve. Both the Youth Hostels Association's National Forest youth hostel and the Camping and Caravanning Club's National Forest campsite are in Moira and opened in 2008. [citation needed] There is a Co-Operative supermarket on Shortheath Road, which was given a new frontage in 2016.
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Moira Furnace Ashby Canal near Congerstone. The Ashby Canal Trust is a waterway society based at Measham, Swadlincote, Leicestershire, England, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is funded by: Leicestershire County Council
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