Inverkinglass Furnace

Location type

Works

Name 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.

Tags

Iron works

Chronology Dates

  /  /1753Bonawe 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.)