BBC Millom Folk Museum''s mine cage
Iron ore mining started around 1850 and it was the biggest Haematite deposit on the Furness peninsula. In the first 50 years the Hodbarrow mines at Millom produced 13 ...
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Iron ore mining started around 1850 and it was the biggest Haematite deposit on the Furness peninsula. In the first 50 years the Hodbarrow mines at Millom produced 13 ...
Millom owes it existence to the discovery of iron ore and the ... about by the significant iron ore mining and iron works. Millom Rock Park is situated high ...
Millom Museum. Location : Millom. ... and decline of the iron mining and steel making of the Millom area over ... a drift mine from the Hodbarrow Iron Ore ...
The Hodbarrow mine at Millom was one of the most successful iron ore mines in Cumberland (now Cumbria) not only for the amount of ore that was excavated but also for the quality of the Haematite. Mining had been tried at Millom .
This site hosts the Durham Mining Museum website. ... by a fall of roof, address: Festival Road, Millom ... the immediate vicinity of Hodbarrow (Iron Ore)
Brewery based in village owned 20 Millom pubs . ... of the original brewery buildings may have been converted from a former use as part of illfated iron ore mining.
This area, now called Cumbria, to the west of the M6, includes the western part of Cumberland, part of Westmorland and North Lancashire. Most of the area covered by ...
The Rail Room will be a groundbreaking heritage ... Reveals the hidden mining and rail heritage of the area in a new ... They owned the slate and iron ore ...
Millom tourist information guide with ... The ironore mining together with steel making transformed this once undisturbed area to one of a large prosperous ...
Metal Mining in Cumbria''s western area was dominated by the large deposits of high grade hematite iron ore found in the ... By 1913 Crossgill mine was the ...
Origins development of the villages, including iron ore mining Furness Railway.
Millom bb''s From iron ore mining to nature reserve After the discovery of iron ore in 1855, Millom grew and became prosperous with a population of over 10,000.
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" The Outer Barrier, Hodbarrow Iron Mines, Millom, ... the founders of the Hodbarrow Mining Company the right to search ... ore came almost to the surface, ...
Iron mining (Page created 19/04 ... in the carboniferous limestone between Millom and Haverigg, ore was mined at Hodbarrow from one of the ... The story of iron ore ...
Millom . Millom is a small coastal town situated on the fringe of the Lake District National Park, in the southerly part of Copeland. Before the discovery of iron ore ...
Millom and the Hodbarrow Mines ... mining which in its heyday saw up to 500,000 tons of iron extracted climb to Hooker Crag for some fine views. ... ironore mine. 3.
Iron Ore Mining Investigation ... The iron ore was extracted by overhead stoping ... in the carboniferous limestone between Millom and Haverigg, ore was mined at ...
1888 List of mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act Iron Mines in ... Cumberland Iron Mining Smelting Co., Millom, Carnforth: ... Iron ore: Yarlside Mining Co., ...
"The closure was announced today by the Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Company. "Its managing director, Mr D. R. G. Davies, told a Mail reporter that the mines, which ...
Millom: A Cumberland Iron Town and Its ... the book covers the heyday of iron ore mining and smelting through to the demise of both the industry and the town on ...
Mining | Millom Discovery Centre. Millom owes its existence to rich iron ore deposits. View a full reconstruction of an actual mining cage from the Hodbarrow mines ...
Millom. Cumbria and the Lake District. Tourist information for Millom. Until the success of the iron ore mines, Millom was a small village making its living from ...
Millom Discovery Centre, Millom Picture: ... but for anyone wanting an insight into the development of a Victorian town, the history of Iron Ore mining ...
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