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Egremont, near Whitehaven, Cumbria
Haematite mine
1927 Producing 150,000 tons, jointly owned by the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Co, the Barrow Hematite Steel Co and the North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Co; Mr. G. Mure Ritchie was Chairman of all 3 companies[1].
1951 Nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act; became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain[2]
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