2012

SK3115 : Moira Furnace

taken 13 years ago, near to Moira, Leicestershire, England

This is 1 of 16 images, with title Moira Furnace in this square
Moira Furnace
Moira Furnace
A nice 19th iron furnace. Locally mined coal (converted to coke), ironstone and limestone (flux) was heated here to produce pig iron. A double acting steam beam blowing engine brought up the temperature to over 1538 °C.

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Geographical Context: Industry
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Double Acting Steam Beam Blowing Engine Brought [7] Title Clusters: · Moira Furnace [16] ·
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SK3115, 114 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ashley Dace   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 6 October, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 6 October, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 3143 1511 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:43.9632N 1:32.1592W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 3143 1510
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