ironworks

Cyfarthfa Ironworks Cyfarthfa Ironworks was one of the largest in the world during its heyday producing vast quantities of rails when Britain was gripped by railway mania. Admiral Nelson is said to have favoured Cyfathfa iron for his cannons, he even visited the works. The only visible...

Völklingen Ironworks is located in western Germany close to the border with France. The steelworks closed in 1986 and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. Völklingen Ironworks is a 5 minute walk from Völklingen station on the line between Saarbrücken and Trier. Admission to the...

For this explore, I took along my eldest son, and I met up with @FalloutShelter , I had been previously but not seen much. So eager to return, off we went. We started at the Air raid shelters and made our way round to the mould boring shop, this is where it got interesting. After finding a...

In 1855 the Incorporation of the Stanton Iron Works Co In 1870 The Franco-Prussian War created a huge demand for iron; the works expanded rapidly with the construction of new furnaces and foundries (the New Works) alongside the Erewash Canal in the early 1870s. In 1877 this was one of the first...

Background What a relief it was to tick this one off the list. I've been itching to plunge into the vast expanse of the former SSI steelworks for ages, but the many stories of very vigilant security had put me off heading right up to the other end of the country to try my luck. I had pinned all...

Back in September last year I headed over to Stanton ironworks on a sunny afternoon. I've already uploaded a report on the ironworks but when trawling through the memory card I found most of the photos were from the pump house, probably enough to make a half decent report and as there's no...

Home Ilkeston’s History Brief Histories & Local Topics Ilkeston & District Heritage Family & Social History Archaeology Industry Introduction Mining Stanton Ironworks Stanton At War Transport Treasures The Society Projects Useful Links Stanton Ironworks The Stanton Ironworks at New Stanton...

Myself and a friend had a trip to this spot last week, he's been there many times but it was my first visit and I certainly wasn't disappointed! This is also my first report here so thanks for looking. :) This area has a long history of iron production with evidence of medieval bloom...

Not the usual sort of thing that I do but having been on lockdown for 3+ months generally put paid to anything that was in the pipeline as summer growth had taken over and waiting till it all starts to die back again in autumn seemed like a less arduous way to go. Until, of course, we went back...

The Stanton Ironworks at New Stanton, south of Ilkeston was once the town’s largest manufacturing concern and consequently its biggest employer. The Stanton and Staveley group was later part of the Tubes Division of British Steel Corporation. At its height, the company employed around 12,500...

Over the course of a couple of visits to the main semi-derelict part of the former Stanton Foundry it became obvious there was probably a lot more bits to see hidden away from the main site. So with a bit of down time during lockdown to scour Google Earth and with some help from a couple of...

The main attraction in the area of Stanton By Dale in Ilkeston are the remaining parts of the former Stanton & Stavely Foundry – I visited these about a year ago but never gave any of the nearby ancillary buildings much attention. Many of the buildings in the area surrounding the foundry...

Closed since 2007, as many of us know the site of the former Stanton Ironworks in Derbyshire is a wasteland and a ghost of itself. Once boasting miles upon miles of internal railways, surprisingly 12 years after closure the railway from the Erewash valley mainline is still intact, and largely...

The Saturday of of our 3 day weekend drive around Ayrshire took us to Dunaskin ironworks which considering its age is quite solid, below is a little history on the place taken from google. Amazing machinery lies around everywhere - graveyard of old steam trains and wonderfully preserved brick...

A bit of history (originally by Mookster) It was established in 1855 with an office staff of four, and three small furnaces, a small foundry, iron fields at Stanton and in the neighbourhood parish of Dale Abbey, and the Ironstone Bell pits at Babbington. The partners were Messrs George and John...