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ID:	SDV240080
Title:	A Brief History of the Tamar Smelting Works
Originator:	Claughton, P. F.
Date:	1998
Summary:	The Tamar Smelting Works at Weirquay was established c1836 to process ores from the mines at South Hooe (see PRN 5441) & later processed ores from other mines as far away as Brittany & mid Wales. During the 1850s the smelter had at least four reverberatory furnaces & at least six calcining furnaces. The silver-rich lead was processed to refine the metals. In 1852 the Tamar Silver-lead Mining Co sold the Tamar smelter to the British & Colonial Smelting & Reduction Co who expanded the works but it was wound up in 1855. The works lay idle until 1864 when the Tamar Lead & Silver Smelting Co reopened both the Tamar & Union works for a short time with 18 furnaces, a de-silvering department & two steam engines. The Union works was subsequently used as a jam factory & the Tamar works converted to dwellings. Remains include a number of furnace abutments with integral flue arches & sections of granite sett yard.

MDV78231	Building at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78227	Building at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78236	Chimney at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78242	Cobbled Yard at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78234	Cobbled Yard at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78240	Flues and Condensing Chambers at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78237	Flues and Condensing Chambers to north of Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78233	Former Offices and Workshops at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78238	Furnace Buildings at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV78221	Smelt Mill at Tamar Lead Smelting Works, Bere Ferrers (Monument)
MDV5442	Tamar Smelting Works, Weirquay, Bere Ferrers (Monument)

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