RIDSDALE IRONWORKS

  • Description

    "The site of an iron works constructed between 1836 and 1839 but closed in 1857. The engine house and casting house are extant on the site and the works also had calcining kilns, three blast furnaces and earthwork remains of the coke ovens and roasting kilns to the south. A drained pond to the east was used to power the water system...."
  • Owner

    Pastscape - Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=19493
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Peter Smith
    Last modified: 6 years, 11 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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