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Consett Iron, 1840-1980: A Study in Industrial Location.

1991; Wiley; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2597818

1468-0289

Peter Wardley, Kenneth Warren,

Iron and Steelmaking Processes

Ironmaking in County Durham and the North-East to 1850 Cleveland ore and adjustments at inland plants railway accommodation for Consett, 1834 to 1862 1834 to 1862 Consett crisis and expansion, 1857 to 1870 early assessments for development planning re-equipment and the reorganization of the supply and marketing situation to the mid-1970s the great crisis - collapse in the finished iron trade and movement into steel production the creation of a town and a society - and the inertia of social overhead capital consideration of relocation in the 1890s Consett, 1890 to 1914 unravelling the puzzle of Consett success the great war the 1920s - a critical decade in Consett development the thirties - depression, and national and regional organization Consett iron and the redevelopment of Jarrow Consett works after world war II the new plate mill the mid-sixties - Consett's location challenged and defended Consett within the British steel corporation the progress to closure, 1980 the Jarrow of eighties? one-industry communities - private and social costs.