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Cinderford Ironworks
51.8137° N, -2.5086° E
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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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