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| Lowca Foundry, Lowca | ||
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| Lowca Foundry | ||
| locality:- | Lowca | |
| civil parish:- | Lowca (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ironworks | |
| locality type:- | iron foundry | |
| locality type:- | railway locomotive works | |
| locality type:- | railway sidings | |
| coordinates:- | NX98072122 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9821 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 10) placename:- Lowca Foundry |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Lowca Foundry / TRAMWAY / Gasometer" |
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Set up by Adam Heslop, late 18th century; later owned by Fletcher, Jennings and Co,
who built railway locomotives, from mid 19th century; closed 1921, now buried under
a spoil heap. |
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| Marshall, J D &Davies-Shiel, Michael: 1077 (2nd edn): Industrial Archaeology of the
Lake Counties: Moon, Michael (Beckermet, Cumbria):: ISBN 904131 13 0 |
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