Bennerley Ironworks
near Ilkeston
1880 'At the Bennerley Ironworks, Ilkeston, belonging to the Awsworth Coal and Iron Company, a new blast furnace is being erected, new pig beds are constructed, and other extensions being made'.[1]
1889 'THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT ILKESTON. INQUEST AND VERDICT. The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of the lads William and Harry Stanley was resumed at the Durham Inn, Ilkeston, on Thursday night, before Mr. Coroner Whiston. Mr. J. B. Slack watched the proceedings on behalf of Mr. E. P. Davis, the owner of Bennerley furnaces. ....'[2]
1918 'The Zeppelin Raid on Derby ..... Eight bombs, I believe, were dropped at this point, one just missing the Great Northern viaduct by a few yards The bombs fell in the fields adjacent to the line, but one actually fell so close to the Bennerley Ironworks as to slightly injure one of the employees. ...'[3]
The 1899 O.S. map shows the ironworks and the Bennerley Viaduct. After the demolition of the ironworks a British Coal distribution depot served by sidings from the Midland Railway occupied the same site. This has now also been demolished.