British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company
The British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company (BTCIC) was an iron mining and smelting company that operated from 1874 to 1878 in Northern Tasmania, Australia. It was formed by floating the operations of a private company, the Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company that operated between 1871 and 1874.
Centre Street, Port Lempriere (now part of Beauty Point, Tasmania), with the British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company's blast furnace in the background. Unknown artist / engraver. State Library of Victoria. This view was made during or before December 1875.
Iron ore mine at Mt. Vulcan in 1873 (Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company). Unknown artist / engraver. Published in Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Tue 9 Sep 1873 Page 156.
British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company's blast furnace at Port Lempriere (now part of Beauty Point, Tasmania). Unknown artist / engraver. State Library of Victoria. This view was made in or before December 1875. On the far left is the steam-powered elevator. The blast furnace is to its right, with the two hot-blast stoves at its base and the air-receiver running horozontally. Between the blast furnace and the tall chimney is the blowing-engine and blast cylinders (shown prior to the erection of its shelter).
Wooden-railed, horse-drawn tramway (Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company) Unknown artist / engraver. The view is looking toward the mine. Published in Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Tue 9 Sep 1873, Page 156.
The Ilfracombe Iron Company (I.I.C.) was an iron mining and smelting company that operated in Northern Tasmania in 1873 and 1874.
The ruin of the Ilfracombe Iron Company's blast furnace in February 2018 (Photograph: Launceston Historical Society).