Description and History of Site:-
Blacksmiths shop and engineering workshops from the first works of Bolckow and Vaughan & Co. The first Ironworks of the partnership between Henry Bolckow (1806-1878) and John Vaughan (1799-1868), set up in 1840. Originally the ironworks used iron-stone sourced from Durham and the Yorkshire coast. Vaughan went on to discover significant reserves of iron ore near Eston in the Cleveland Hills in 1850; this discovery prompted the construction of a blast furnace in Middlesbrough in 1853, and by the 1860's the town was a major producer of iron.
Further Reading and References:-Harrison J.K. 2010 The Industrial Heart of Old Middlesbrough. Cleveland Industrial Archaeologist Society. Research Report No.10
https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/middlesbrough/
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Key Words :- ironworks
Address :- Vulcan Street, St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS2 1QQ
Grid Ref :- NZ 50150 21080
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.582443 , Long -1.225588
Local Authority :- Middlesbrough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Record Date :- 26 March 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris
Grid Ref :- NZ 50150 21080
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.582443 , Long -1.225588
Local Authority :- Middlesbrough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Record Date :- 26 March 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris