Middlesbrough´s Iron and Steel Industry
Dr. Joan Heggie
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Description for Middlesbrough´s Iron and Steel Industry
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into the history of the iron and steel industry around Middlesbrough. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; KNAT; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Middlesbrough and Teesside are renowned for their association with the iron and steel industry. Iron has been produced there on an industrial scale since the 1850s, when Cleveland ironstone was discovered in the Eston Hills. By 1866, there were fifty-eight blast furnaces in Middlesbrough, Cargo Fleet, Eston (South Bank) and Port Clarence and the growth and subsequent decline of the iron and steel industry is, in many ways, the history of Middlesbrough itself. Any uninformed visitor could be forgiven for overlooking this heritage, however, as there are so few remaining architectural reminders of that historical association; the furnaces and mills ... Read more
Middlesbrough and Teesside are renowned for their association with the iron and steel industry. Iron has been produced there on an industrial scale since the 1850s, when Cleveland ironstone was discovered in the Eston Hills. By 1866, there were fifty-eight blast furnaces in Middlesbrough, Cargo Fleet, Eston (South Bank) and Port Clarence and the growth and subsequent decline of the iron and steel industry is, in many ways, the history of Middlesbrough itself. Any uninformed visitor could be forgiven for overlooking this heritage, however, as there are so few remaining architectural reminders of that historical association; the furnaces and mills ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445612836
SKU
V9781445612836
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-47
About Dr. Joan Heggie
Joan Heggie is a research fellow at the Social Futures Institute at Teesside University and until early 2011 was the Project Manager at the British Steel Archive Project.
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