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This was the largest smelting complex
in the area and was opened in 1792 when it replaced several smaller
mills. The mill gets its name from the reverberatory or cupola furnaces
installed here which were unusual in Yorkshire. These furnaces burned
coal and because the local moor coal could not produce the required
high temperatures coal was imported by canal from West Yorkshire. By
1827 the Leeds Liverpool canal had been extended into Lancashire and
coal from Burnley was then delivered to Gargrave and carted up to Grassington.
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