Slag tip, Askam-in-Furness

  • Description

    "Slag from the steelworks, which operated from about 1850 to 1918, and had 4 blast furnaces. This area had the second largest deposit of iron ore (hematite) in the country." Photo by Ian Taylor, 2014.
  • Owner

    Ian Taylor
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3879067
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 4 months ago
    Viewed: 472 times
    Picture Taken: 2014-03-08
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