Parkend Ironworks
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Parkend Ironworks, also known as Parkend Furnace, in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a coke-fired furnace built in 1799. Most of the works were demolished
c. 1880. Awaiting Demolition; the three furnaces can be seen on the left. The building to the right is the engine house which has survived.
The chimney stack being felled in 1908.
The 'engine house', as it is today
Whitecliff Ironworks
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Whitecliff Ironworks, sometimes referred to as Whitecliff Furnace, at Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, are industrial remains associated with the production of iron, using co
Parkend Ironworks
…Parkend, and its many coalmines, once again considered an ideal location for iron production. It was one of three coke-fired ironworks, Cinderford and Whitecliff being the others, that were built almost simultaneously in the Forest. Work commenced on Parkend Ironworks in 1799. It was the third coke-fired ironworks…
Whitecliff Ironworks