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Moira Furnace
52.7330° N, -1.5359° E
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Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops. It is a most important industrial monument, since it is remarkably well-preserved, and dates from a formative period of the Industrial Revolution.
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Construction
1804
First blast
1806
Intermittent operation ends
1811
Foundry use continued
after 1844
Council acquisition
1981
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