Inverkinglass Furnace
Location type
WorksName and dates
Inverkinglass Furnace (1725-1738)Description
Established by an Irish company. Negotiations with the 2nd Earl of Breadalbane in 1723 over timber rights in Glen Etive. Furnace in operation by 1725. Furnace closed down in 1738.
Also known as the Glen Kinglass Iron Works.
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Iron works| Nearby stations Taynuilt Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Ach-na-Cloich Dalmally Barcaldine Halt Creagan Connel Ferry North Connel Benderloch Appin Duror Ballachulish (Glencoe) Bridge of Orchy Kentallen | Bonawe Quarries Tourist/other Loch Etive Beinn a^Chochuill Ben Starav - Stob Duine Ruaidh Sron an Isean Meall Cruidh Stob Diamh Drochaid Ghlas Stob Dearg Ben Cruachan Beinn Eunaich Stob Coire Dheirg Ben Starav Stob Garbh Beinn nan Aighenan |
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Chronology Dates
| / /1753 | Bonawe Iron Works Opens, operated by the Yorkshire Buildings Company. (There had been an earlier works, Inverkinglass Furnace, further up Loch Etive which was operated by Irish entrepreneurs.) |
