Below a Tree in the wet April Rain soon to flourish in the coming Spring but today Drab and Wet
These unmade paths where close to the old Low Moor Steel Works and all around the area is the recipe for Iron , Old Wood for the Furnaces, Iron Ore in the Geology and Crude Coal to fire the Furnaces
As the rain water runs over the crude agregate and stone of the unmade paths ablue stone of varying shades is uncovered by the running water of heavy rain this shiny stone has been fired in the furness and which has been discarded as part of the Steel and Iron making process Blast furnace slag is a man-made type of glass, , some of it is .It occurs as orange bands in the black . It is not a Malchite Ore as originally thought
The photo is the blue/milky white
from, that and a milky page green being the most common. In Whitby, York and a
lot of other places it was remoulded and cast in to brick for roads, Some times
made on to small hexagonal road patterns, mainly as pavement edging. Being
glass it’s quite hard (hardness 7 or so) and protected pavements edges from
damage by the iron on horse drawn carriage wheels. The pure black form of slag
was made in to domestic items like cups, bowls, milk jugs etc.
The Tippings from the Iron Kilns where depositted around the district as surfaces for unmade roads in By Gone Days
The colours are almost Gem like and various layers formed in the intense heat of the kiln
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