Ironstone Essays

forlorn old jetty continues to endure the fury of the waves in the tiny harbour below. The harbour which opened in 1857, offered cheaper transportation by sea, to take ironstone from the local mines to the blast furnaces at Jarrow on Tyneside, which produced steel for the shipbuilding industry. Much of the ore came from the Grinkle Ironstone Mine, 3 miles (5km) inland. The ore travelled on a narrow gauge railway which crossed three wooden viaducts and passed through two tunnels to reach the harbour. During

Yorkshire’s coastline is studded with dramatic headlands and beautiful bays. This walk links two of our most attractive coastal villages in an outing of two very distinct halves, the first passing through bird-filled woodland and the second a breezy tiptoe along the very rim of the county. RUNSWICK The village apparently takes its name from ‘Hild’s well’, a holy well in the grounds of St Hilda’s Church. According to legend, while returning to her monastery at Whitby, the Abbess Hilda stopped here

on the western edge of Ohio, inconsistence strata deposits in eastern Ohio, deltaic and marine depositions. However, the siliciclastic rocks characterized the sediment deposits during the Mississippian era. The rocks include dolomite, sandstone, ironstone, marine shale and clay. The Mississippian period recorded sandstone deposits, shale, silt, and limestone in East-central Ohio. Devonian Limestone deposits were the major even in the Ordovician period. However, the climatic condition during the Ordovician

The Industrial Revolution, which started in Great Britain in the late 17th century and continued through the 19th century, had both positive and negative effects on society. On the positive side, it led to increased productivity, economic growth, and technological advancements that revolutionized transportation and communication. However, it also had negative impacts on workers, including poor working conditions, long hours, and low pay. It also had negative effects on the environment, contributing