Carron Company ironworks

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Carron Company ironworks was a major Scottish ironworks founded in the 18th century near Falkirk, renowned for producing cannons known as carronades and playing a key role in the Industrial Revolution.

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Carron Company ironworks canonical 1
Carron Iron Works 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ironworks
manufacturing company
closed 20th century
collaboratedWith James Watt
continent Europe
country Scotland
declinePeriod late 19th century
employed James Watt
founded 1759
foundedBy John Roebuck
Samuel Garbett
William Cadell
hasHeadquartersLocation Falkirk
surface form: Carron, Falkirk, Scotland
hasHeritageStatus site of industrial archaeological interest
hasLegacy influence on foundry practices
term "carronade" in naval history
hasSiteUse later industrial and commercial uses
historicalRole major arms supplier during the Napoleonic Wars
pioneer of short naval guns (carronades)
industry ironworks
metallurgy
influenced Scottish industrialization
development of naval artillery
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Falkirk
surface form: Carron, Falkirk
locatedNear Falkirk
River Carron
namedAfter River Carron
notableFor large-scale iron founding
production of carronades
role in the Industrial Revolution
partOf British industrial revolution history
Scottish iron industry
peakPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
product cannons
carronades
iron castings
pipes
railway components
stoves
region central Scotland
surface form: Central Scotland
supplied British Army
Royal Navy
usedTechnology blast furnaces
steam power

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River Carron historicallyAssociatedWith Carron Company ironworks
Carronshore historicallyLinkedTo Carron Company ironworks
this entity surface form: Carron Iron Works