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Remains of Calcining Kilns, Scugdale

Remains of calcining kilns
These kilns next to Scugdale Beck operated from 1857 until 1885 and reduced the iron ore from mines up the dale to make it easier for transporting to the ironworks in Stockton.

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  1. […] from this mine was transported by tramway to the calcining kilns located alongside Scugdale Beck, the subject of an earlier post. From there there was a branch of the Cleveland and North Yorkshire Railway for transport to the […]

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