Duddon Iron Furnace - wheel pit
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Duddon Iron Furnace - wheel pit
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 22 Jul 2015
This is one of the best places in the UK to see a pre mass industrialisation country iron furnace. Local iron ore (in this case hematite from West Cumbria) was smelted with charcoal and a little limestone (deposits nearby) to produce pig iron (ingots of rough iron). This product was then shipped for further processing.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.28372
Longitude
-3.236001