Armstrong Street, Ridsdale

  • Description

    "A village on a hillside built around an iron works. The ironworks was established in 1836 using local sources of ironstone. The works consisted of three furnaces, an engine house, coke ovens, calcining kilns and reservoirs. A series of tramways linked the site with nearby sources of ironstone, limestone and coal. " Photo by Russel Wills, 2018.
  • Owner

    Russel Wills
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5687667
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 months, 1 week ago
    Viewed: 69 times
    Picture Taken: 2018-02-21
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