Derwent Iron and Steel Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Derwent Iron and Steel Works (1838-1980)Served by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway.
Description
Former iron works south of Workington on the west side of the Whitehaven Junction Railway, north of the Moss Bay Steel Works and Solway Colliery.
The southern part of the site was the original iron works and the northern portion the steel works. After closure the site was partly cleared and partly reused in an expansion of the Moss Bay Steel Works.
Served by both the Whitehaven Junction Railway and the Derwent Branch of the Cleator and Workington Railway which crossed the former to approach the iron works and then run north to the steel works.
Tags
Iron WorksExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
08/04/2018
| Nearby stations Workington Workington Central Workington Bridge Harrington Church Road Halt Harrington High Harrington Workington North Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Copperas Hill Siddick Junction Seaton [CWJ] Distington Micklam Camerton [CWR] Lowca [2nd] | Solway Colliery Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works Jane Pit Workington Shed Moorbanks Pit Lonsdale Dock Lowther Iron Works Derwent Junction Harrington Junction Cloffock^s Junction Oldside Hematite Iron and Steel Works Workington Bridge Junction Calva Junction Harrington Harbour |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 27/05/2021 | New exhibition highlights Workington's industrial heritage The Rails Which Circled the World [Community Rail Network] |
