699 
The following are the numbers of furnaces built, and which 
were in blast during the year in the Cleveland district : — 
Furnaces Built. Furnaces in Blast. 
1 Clay Lane 2 0 
2 Cleveland 3 3 
3 Eston 6 6 
4 Middlesbro' 3 3 
5 Ormsby 4 4 
6 South Bank 3 3 
7 Tees 5 4 
8 Wreck Hill 2 0 
9 Tees Side 2 0 
10 Beckhole 2 0 
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In the month of December seven of these furnaces were 
put out of blast, and during the year the furnaces at Wreck 
Hill, belonging to the Victoria Iron Company, were destroyed. 
In the West Riding the furnaces built and in blast were 
as follows : — 
Furnaces Built. Furnaces in Blast. 
1 Beeston Manor 1 1 
2 Bierley 4 3 
3 Bowling 5 4 
4 Chapeltown 2 0 
5 Elsecar 5 4 
6 Farnley 4 2 
7 Holmes 2 2 
8 Low Moor 5 3 
9 Milton 2 2 
10 Parkgate 1 ... 1 
IX Thorncliffe 3 2 
12 Thorpe Hall ] 1 
13 Worsbro'Dale 1 0 
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The cold blast furnaces of the West Riding appear to 
have produced 63,000 tons of pig iron. The total produce of 
the West Riding is estimated at 117,000 tons; the North 
Riding, 179,838 tons. The total produce of pig iron in 
