Iron Ore Mining | Co-Curate
Co-Curate Page Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines (1850 - 1968) - The first of the Hodbarrow iron ore (red hematite) mines, located between Millom and the seashore at Hodbarrow Point in Cumberland (now Cumbria), opened in c.1850.
Florence iron mining pit head, Egremont
The rich deposits of iron ore found in western Cumbria were exploited from prehistoric times, but mining dramatically expanded in the second half of the C19, the ore, mainly hematite, being particularly suitable for mild steel production via the Bessemer Process. ... Iron mining pit head, 1940s for the Millom and Askam Hematite Company. …
Millom Heritage and Arts Centre
For anyone interested in finding out about the local history of Millom and the surrounding area, with a focus on 19th and 20th centuries, this is a fascinating place, packed into a small set of buildings on the railway platform in Millom. It covers iron ore mining and related shipping industries, railways, how people lived, WWI and RAF in WWII ...
PlacePerception: Hodbarrow mine, Millom
Continuing the trip around Millom's dead iron industry with my father, I visited the Hodbarrow mine workings, the most impressive features of which were the vast sea-walls, destroyed by the collapse of the worked ground beneath them. ... Hodbarrow iron ore mine, Cumbria, UK. Summer 1968. Engine-house of number 8 shaft, from south: …
Millom Rock Park | A unique visitor attraction of geological …
Millom Mining History. A bogie used in mines underground to transport iron ore from the pit head, and pushed by men to a lift and hence to the surface. Following the discovery of a huge deposit of hematite, a high-grade iron ore, on the coast at Hodbarrow in the mid 19th century, Millom grew into a thriving industrial site that was the largest ...
The Hodbarrow Mining Co at Millom
The Hodbarrow Mining Co at Millom. The Hodbarrow Mining Company was formed in 1853, when the then Earl of Lonsdale granted permission to Nathaniel Caine …
Avonside Engine Co Works No 1563 Millom 0-4-0ST
This locomotive was built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1908 for John Paton, Pontypool, South Wales. This firm became Partridge, Jones and John Paton Ltd in 1920. In the mid 1930s the locomotive was sold the Hodbarrow Mining Co at Millom which mined iron ore in the form of haematite. The locomotive was rebuilt…
End in sight for iron mining in South Cumbria | The Mail
The final working pit at Moorbank pit, on the Haverigg end of Millom's Hodbarrow mines, was to bring an end to decades of production - which had taken 25m …
Millom and District Local History Society | time
A polished stone axe head was found at Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mine, one mile southeast of Millom, in the topsoil removed when mining began in 1870. Length 245mm; width ofcutting edge 75mm; thickness 43mm.
The mines of Eskdale | Industrial History of Cumbria
In the last century it was thought that these veins were the "mother lode" from where the iron ore deposits of Cleator Moore and Millom had orginated; just below the surface the veins of poor ore would open upinto vast iron deposists. ... It called itself the South Cumberland Iron Mining Co at one time. A branch line of the railway was ...
Kallak
Discovered in the 1940s, the Kallak magnetite iron ore deposit is located about 40km west of the Jokkmokk municipality centre in the County of Norrbotten in Northern Sweden. Kallak was designated, in February …
Mining in Granada Province
In 1967 the mine produced 1 million tons of ore. This increased to 3.7 million tons per year. The ore was transported by 12 trains per day, each with 23 wagons. Compañía Andaluza de Minas. ... Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Company Limited (and associated companies) - 1824 - 1970.
Millom Museum
The Museum in Millom is a truly 'local' museum, covering the important development and decline of the iron mining and steel making of the Millom area over the last 150 years. …
Friends of the Ullswater Way
Some minerals have become known by the regions from which they were extracted: Coniston Copper; Honister, Kirkstone and Tilberthwaite slate; Keswick pencils (graphite): Greenside lead: and Shap pink granite.. Significant quantities of iron ore were mined and processed on the west coast of Cumbria in the 19th and 20th centuries, producing some …
Boot Iron Mines, Eskdale
In the last century it was thought that these veins were the "mother lode" from where the iron ore deposits of Cleator Moore and Millom had orginated; just below the surface the veins of poor ore would open upinto vast iron deposists. ... It called itself the South Cumberland Iron Mining Co at one time. A branch line of the railway was ...
End in sight for iron mining in South Cumbria | The Mail
The final working pit at Moorbank pit, on the Haverigg end of Millom's Hodbarrow mines, was to bring an end to decades of production - which had taken 25m tons of high-grade iron ore from deep ...
Millom | Co-Curate
Millom Discovery Centre (previously known as 'Millom Folk Museum' and 'Millom Heritage Museum And Visitor Centre') presents a snapshot of past times in Millom, paying particular attention to the historical development of the area brought about by the significant iron ore mining and iron works. Millom Rock Park is situated high on the north rim ...
Lake District
Iron ore mining and smelting around Egremont were underway by mediæval times, but their scale increased from the mid seventeenth century. ... Millom, LA18 5AA, 01229 772555; Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Solway Rd, Kells, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9BG, 01946 599949; Please note NMRS does not have any control over the contents of …
Iron and Steel | Industrial History of Cumbria
Iron Mining. Main Page; Hodbarrow Mines; Hodbarrow Mines (photos) The mines of Eskdale ... Coke supported a greater weight of iron ore in the furnace, allowing more to be smelted at one time; and the furnace could …
April 2017.....haemetite
A chapter in Marshall and Davies-Shiel deals with 'Coal and Iron Mining' in Cumbria. At Egremont the ore was extracted commercially from about 1830. Nearer Millom, the settlement of 'The Hill' (4km north of Millom on the A5093) had yielded ore from 1848 and the extension of the prospecting to the Millom area followed this. The last ore was ...
BBC
Millom at one time was bustling with the iron industry, and during the late 1800's was one of the busiest mining areas in Europe. The ironworks may longer be there as a central focus, but the ...
Iron mining | Industrial History of Cumbria
The iron industry has slowly matured within the Lake Counties for centuries, with industrial growth spreading from the small bloomery and forge sites, coastal plateau workings and …
Your guide to Millom and Haverigg, Cumbria.
Until the discovery of iron-ore at Hodbarrow on the towns outskirts in 1855, Millom was a collection of small fishing villages and scattered farms. The iron-ore mining together …
Millom facts for kids
Millom Discovery Centre (previously known as 'Millom Folk Museum' and 'Millom Heritage Museum And Visitor Centre') presents a snapshot of past times in Millom, paying particular attention to the historical development of the area brought about by the significant iron ore mining and iron works. Millom Rock Park is situated high on the …
Hodbarrow sea wall in Millom, United Kingdom
Originally named Holborn Hill, Millom grew from a small fishing village into a town as a result of the steel industry and the haematite iron ore mining at nearby Hodbarrow, now an R.S.P.B. nature reserve. More than 300 miners worked the rich deposits discovered in 1868, and mining continued until the 1960's.
10 Best walking trails in Millom | AllTrails
Explore the most popular walking trails near Millom with hand-curated trail maps and driving directions as well as detailed reviews and photos from hikers, campers and nature lovers like you. ... The breakwater and lighthouses were built by the Hodbarrow Mining Company which mined iron ore on the site which is now the nature reserve from 1850 ...
Your guide to Millom and Haverigg, Cumbria.
Until the discovery of iron-ore at Hodbarrow on the towns outskirts in 1855, Millom was a collection of small fishing villages and scattered farms. The iron-ore mining together with steel making transformed this once undisturbed area to one of a large prosperous community of some 10,000 inhabitants which thrived until closures began in the late ...
Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Co
See also Millom Blast Furnaces. 1959 The name of Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Co Ltd was changed to Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Co Ltd. 1963 At this time Cranleigh Group owned Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Co which purchased Gjers, Mills and Co and Barrow Ironworks from the Holding and Realization Agency. The purchasers intended to …
Hunslet Works No 299 Hodbarrow No 5 0-4-0ST
This locomotive was built in 1884 by Hunslet Engine Company. It spent is working life as Hobbarrow No 5 at the Hobbarrow mine at Millom. This mine was one of the most successful iron ore mines in Cumberland …
Millom | A town in Cumberland in Cumbria | Visit …
The iron ore mining took place in Hodbarrow, which today is a major RSPB nature reserve bordering an artificial lagoon, a legacy of the iron ore workings, and where many species of may be seen. Poetry also …