1st Edition
The Early Iron Industry of Furness and Districts An Historical and Descriptive Account from Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century with an Account of the Furness Ironmasters in Scotland 1726-1800
By Alfred Fell
Copyright 1968
520 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1968. Originally intended for a short account or the chronicles of a mining and iron-making company, this study grew to its present size and now includes a historical and descriptive Account from earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century with an account of the Furness Ironmasters in Scotland from 1726 to 1800.
Part 1 The mines: the manor of plain Furness; the manor of Pennington; the manor of Muchland with Bolton and Adgarley; the ancient barony or manor of Ulverston; descriptive; the ore. Part 2 The woodlands: the woods; the charcoal. Part 3 The works: the bloomeries; the bloomsmithies; the bloomery forges; the smelting furnaces; the furnaces - descriptive; the refinery forges. Part 4 Masters and men: the masters; the men. Part 5 The trade: general; the shipping; finance. Part 6 Furness ironmasters in Scotland: Invergarry furnace; Lorn furnace, Bonaw; appendix.
Biography
Alfred Fell