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Category Archives: slag-banks
The Walls of Parton
‘Are you looking for the old port?’ The man seemed to have appeared from nowhere, yet he was tall and strongly built, white hair sticking up straight, not easy to overlook. ‘Port?’ I was bemused – I’d been poking at … Continue reading
Posted in coal, coastal heritage, fossils, industrial heritage, ports, sandstone, slag-banks, stones
Tagged coal, fossil plants, sandstone, ships, Solway
The volcanoes of Workington
The colours of pebbles on the shore range from grey and ochre through green to blue, and the eroded cliff is banded orange and purple and red, like a section through an old volcano. Pebbles are bubbled with cavities, though … Continue reading
Posted in coal, industrial heritage, slag-banks, The 'Energy Coast'
Tagged Bessemer, blast furnace, coal, haematite, Moss Bay, slag, Workington, Workington Haematite Iron Company Ltd