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in the town of Moira, in the county of Leicestershire

About Moira Furnace Museum

Moira Furnace is one of the best examples of an early 19th Century iron-making blast furnace anywhere in Europe. It was built in 1804 by Francis Rawdon Hastings, the Earl of Moira, to exploit the wealth of coal and iron ore in the area.

The furnace site includes the museum itself, which is within the original blast furnace building; restored lime kilns; woodland; and the restored section of the Ashby Canal, complete with narrowboat.
(www.moirafurnace.com)

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