https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=3698

no.6173

Industrial Sites

1920s

View north west from St Michael’s Church tower over the River Derwent with Criffel across the Solway. Railway with signal box and posts crosses the viaduct. To the left, partly demolished Lowther Iron Works with a square chimney, Workington Hematite Iron and Steel Works central and St Helen’s Colliery headgear to the right. Long terrace on North Side across the river.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=3698

no.6173

Industrial Sites

1920s

View north west from St Michael’s Church tower over the River Derwent with Criffel across the Solway. Railway with signal box and posts crosses the viaduct. To the left, partly demolished Lowther Iron Works with a square chimney, Workington Hematite Iron and Steel Works central and St Helen’s Colliery headgear to the right. Long terrace on North Side across the river.

Location: Workington Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/1819
Sankey Number: 6173

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