Hodbarrow Mining Co
of Millom, Cumbria.
1855 Hematite was discovered at Millom
1880 Cedric Vaughan, the managing director. [1]
1927 Producing over 150,000 tons of Haematite[2].
1951 Nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act; became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain[3]
1958 Private sale of the company by the Holding and Realization Agency[4].
1968 Both the Ironworks and Mine closed