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Cinderford Ironworks

Coke-fired blast furnace, Forest of Dean, UK

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Cinderford Ironworks, also known as Cinderford Furnace, was a coke-fired blast furnace, built in 1795, just west of Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

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Construction begun

1795

First operations

c. 1797–1798

Early cessation

c. 1807

Moses Teague discovery

c. 1820

Reopened at Cinderford

1829

Temporary closure and financial support

1832–1835

Expansion and peak output

1841

Ownership change

1862

Further changes and decline

1880

Closure and demolition

1894–1901

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.81° N, -2.51° E