Sites and Monument Record: Bridgeness Foundry (SMR 687)

Description
Located immediately to the N of Bridgeness tower at the foot of the escarpment. This allowed the furnaces to be loaded from the hilltop.
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Object detail

Site type
Site
iron foundry
Site history notes
Two blast furnace were erected by Henry M Cadell in 1863. After only 6 months work stopped with only one furnace having been in blast. A rise in pig iron prices saw the furnace re-lit in 1870 for intermittent use. However, the depression of 1874 saw final closure. The plant was demolished in 1890.
Site conservation date
1863-1874
Site grid ref
NT 013 815
Conservation status
Victorian

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