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Moira blast furnace

A Scheduled Monument in Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire

Moira Blast Furnace

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South side of furnace. The charge was loaded into the furnace, which was then closed off with firebricks. These had to be removed again when the batch had been procesed into molten iron and slag. (Photo Apr 2011).

Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson on 25 April 2013

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