Derwent Iron Co


http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Derwent_Iron_Co

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Consett Iron and Steel Works (1840-1980)


Iron and Steel Making

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    "1840 The Derwent Iron Company was promoted by Mr. Jonathan Richardson and a small group of entrepreneurs to lease ironstone in the district of Consett, as well as several large royalties of coal. Blast-furnaces were erected, and rolling mills laid down, the ironstone for the former being obtained from shafts sunk in the immediate neighbourhood. Over the next 100 years, the town became one of the world's leading steel making towns...."

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    Grace's Guide: British Industrial History

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    Link: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Derwent_Iron_Co
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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