Ridsdale Ironworks Engine House
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Ridsdale Ironworks Engine House
Image: © Les Hull Taken: 26 Oct 2022
his 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. By 1848 the ironworks had virtually closed and in 1864 two of the furnaces were dismantled and taken to W.G. Armstrong's works in Elswick, Newcastle. This was a short-lived venture and part of a largely unsuccessful 19th century iron industry in Northumberland. However, many features of this remote ironworks works can still be seen and survive relatively intact, either as standing ruins or earthworks. This is a Scheduled Monument and Grade II Listed Building protected by law. https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/site-details/?PRN=N9505
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Image Location
Latitude
55.156635
Longitude
-2.144036