History of the Site - Clock Tower Works

  • Description

    "Since the mid eighteenth century, the area now known as "South Lakeland" has had seven gunpowder mills operating in it. The oldest was "Old Sedgwick" established in 1746, while the youngest and most modern was "Black Beck" at Bouth, established in 1860. The "Low Wood" works were built on the site of an iron furnace owned by Isaac Wilkinson (the father of John Wilkinson, and renowned iron master of Backbarrow and Iron Bridge, and builder of the worlds first iron boat), with a license to manufacture gunpowder at the site being granted on the 22nd of October 1798. The partners in this venture were Mr Daye Barker (a clock maker from Wigan, and previous partner in the Backbarrow cotton mill), Mr James King (an estate owner from Finsthwaite), Mr Christopher Wilson Jr. (a member of a Kendal banking family), and Captain James Foyer....."
  • Owner

    The Clock Tower Business Centre
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.clocktoweroffices.co.uk/pages/history.php
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 7 months ago
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