Lowmoor Ironworks
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Lowmoor Ironworks of Bradford
See Low Moor Co.
One of 5 main iron works in Bradford (The others were Emmetts (1782), Bowling (1788), Shelf (1792) and Bierley (1811))
1790 The famous blast furnaces at Low Moor, near Bradford, were established by the firm of Hird, Dawson Hardy
1791 Company commenced business
Two cannon (Napoleonic) and a Cupola. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum
Until 1920s were owned by members of the same families, latterly the Rt. Hon. Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, afterwards Earl of Cranbrook, and the Hon. Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy, the Railway Commissioner.
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Sources of Information
'The Low Moor Ironworks, Bradford' by Charles Dodsworth, Industrial Archaeology, The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology, Vol 8, No. 2, May 1971