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Description: | 1st March 2007
Image shows a roofless building in dressed stone located at Kirkstall Forge. The grade II listed building dates back to around 1676 and is part of the centuries-old history of the forge. It houses a helve-hammer which was driven by the cast-iron undershot waterwheel, seen on the left. Iron rods were manufactured at the Slitting Mill built by Dickin and Cotton c1676. Early accounts date from 1700 and show that wages were paid at 25 shillings per ton for the manufacture of rods and 20 shillings per ton for bar iron. These relics are to be preserved when the site is developed as a mixed-use residential scheme. Kirkstall Forge closed in 2002 after over 850 years of industry. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | listed waterwheel Kirkstall Forge | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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