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| ironworks, Parton | ||
| Parton Ironworks | ||
| locality:- | Parton | |
| civil parish:- | Parton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| coordinates:- | NX97942108 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9721 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| notes:- |
Commenced by Mr Blair, 1872, then owned by Gilbert Vance, then by Parton Hematite
Iron Co. It started operating about 1876, but intermittently; closed 1889, demolished
1890. |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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