Forth Iron Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Forth Iron Works (1846-1869)Served by the Forth Ironworks Railway.
Description
This iron works had six blast furnaces. It was located north of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway at Oakley and had its own Forth Ironworks Railway system connecting the works to various pits.
In addition to mines around Oakley the Forth Iron Company also owned other pits eg Lethans Colliery, Cowdenbeath Colliery, Pittencrieff Colliery.
The works closed in 1869.
Local
See
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74957250
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Iron works| Nearby stations Oakley (Fife) East Grange Torryburn Cairneyhill Culross [1st] Culross [2nd] Bogside Fife Braeside Halt Charlestown [1st] Dunfermline [1st] Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd] Charlestown Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline City Bo^ness | Oakley Sawmill Oakley Exchange Yard Oakley Yard Ironstone Pit Coal Pit Coal Pit No 1 Coal Pit Kineddar Mine Coal Pit No 17 Coal Pit No 4 Ironstone Pit No 14 Blairhall Junction Ironstone Pit No 13 Comrie Dean Viaduct Tourist/other Comrie LC [Fife] |
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