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    Cinderford Ironworks, also known as Cinderford Furnace, was a coke-fired blast furnace, built in 1795, just west of Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean,...
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    century, following the rapid expansion of Cinderford Ironworks and the Forest of Dean Coalfield. Cinderford's origins can be seen in the style and layout...
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  • coke and water to Cinderford Ironworks. The canal ran 11⁄4 miles from the dam pool at Broadmoor to Cinderford Ironworks. It was approximately 15 feet...
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    roadside. Cinderford Ironworks Whitecliff Ironworks Darkhill Ironworks British History Online Anstis 2009, p. 15 The Whitecliff Ironworks in the Forest...
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    Darkhill Ironworks, discovered a way to make good iron from local coke. To exploit his discovery, he re-opened Parkend Ironworks in 1824 and Cinderford Ironworks...
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    1672 the King's ironworks were closed to reduce pressure on the forest from mining. The Speech House, between Coleford and Cinderford, was built in 1682...
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    Dean, with Cinderford, Whitecliff and Parkend Ironworks being built almost simultaneously. In 1798, work commenced on Whitecliff Ironworks; the second...
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    Britain) Forest of Dean Miners' Association Cinderford Ironworks Whitecliff Ironworks Parkend Ironworks Footnotes "Clearwell Caves website". Archived...
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    crossed the brook by a 3-arch stone bridge to Cinderford Bridge colliery. Passing Cinderford ironworks site on the up side, there was Bilson Ballast siding...
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    By the early 1870s the developing town of Cinderford, with its neighbouring collieries and thriving ironworks, was growing in importance as an industrial...
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    adapted more ably to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbour, Cinderford. Their prime location in the heart of the Forest make them popular with...
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  • quarries at Shakemantle and Staple Edge. Two major ironworks operated close to the railway at Cinderford and Soudley. Other industries included brickworks...
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  • Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bristol Manor Farm Bemerton Heath Harlequins Cinderford Town Cribbs Didcot Town Evesham United Exmouth Town Falmouth Town Helston...
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    for engineering work. The bridge was constructed by Hamilston's Windsor Ironworks Company Limited of Garston, Liverpool. It was approached from the north...
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    An example of its use in the names of historic entities is the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company. Marks of human activity, in some cases dating...
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    mill), Writtle, River Wid Arlington Mill, Bibury Dean Heritage Centre, Cinderford Egypt Mill, Nailsworth Kilcott Mill, Hillesley Little Aston Mill, Upper...
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    Bridge was built in 1826 by William Hazledine, owner of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks, with Henry Goodridge as the architect, on the site of a Roman ferry crossing...
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  • Railway and completed 1882, but not used. A passenger service ran from Cinderford to Drybrook Halt from 1907, but the section from there to Mitcheldean...
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    intended to convey the mineral products of the Forest of Dean to the ironworks of South Wales, by connecting to the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford...
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    travellers could rest if they arrived after the gates were locked. The Eagle Ironworks of William Lucy & Co. was near the first road bridge over the track on...
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    Pidcock's Canal was a canal in Gloucestershire, England, which connected ironworks at Upper Forge and Lower Forge, and also ran to an inlet from the River...
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    Lydbrook Viaduct remains which enabled the Severn and Wye Railway from Cinderford via Bilston and Serridge to connect with the Ross and Monmouth Railway...
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    subsequently purchased (at a cost of £8 16s per wagon) from the Ince Waggon & Ironworks Co. of Wigan, through their broker - the Lincoln Wagon Co. of Doncaster...
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    Royal William was acquired for the purpose. Built at the Neath Abbey Ironworks, it was an 0-6-0 tender engine with bell crank connection from vertical...
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    Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4693-8. Hamilton's Windsor Ironworks at Grace's Guide John Gough, The Midland Railway: A Chronology, self published...
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  • close to where the junction to the engine shed was to be located, to the ironworks that had been built on the western side of Lower High Street… There was...
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    intended to convey iron ore output by a shorter route than hitherto, to the ironworks of Nantyglo, Dowlais and Ebbw Vale. Its route would avoid the steep ascent...
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  • line of route at the eastern end. There was a demand at the South Wales ironworks for this material, as modern smelting methods required a mixture of raw...
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  • Scottish metallurgist, became involved. Thomas Halford was the owner of ironworks at Whitecliff, and he brought Mushet in to improve the quality of the...
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  • railway connection for mineral traffic from the Forest of Dean to the ironworks of Nantyglo, Ebbw Vale, and Dowlais. The company planned to acquire the...
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