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Barrow-in-Furness

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A town and seaport in N. Lancashire, of recent rapid growth, owing to the discovery of extensive deposits of iron in the neighbourhood, which has led to the establishment of smelting works and the largest manufacture of steel in the kingdom; the principal landowners in the district being the Dukes of Devonshire and Buccleuch.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barrow-in-Furness'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/barrow-in-furness.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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