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Latitude: 54.1108 / 54°6'38"N
Longitude: -3.2263 / 3°13'34"W
OS Eastings: 319927
OS Northings: 469020
OS Grid: SD199690
Mapcode National: GBR 5NXX.94
Mapcode Global: WH72H.DXXZ
Plus Code: 9C6R4Q6F+8F
Entry Name: Statue of Henry Schneider
Listing Date: 6 May 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1283025
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388463
ID on this website: 101283025
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA14
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow-in-Furness
Electoral Ward/Division: Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Barrow-in-Furness
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Barrow-in-Furness St George
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Statue
SD1969SE
708-1/12/65
06/05/76
BARROW IN FURNESS
DUKE STREET
Statue of Henry Schneider
GV
II
Statue. 1891. Sculptor: Percy Wood. Bronze on granite
pedestal. 2-step stylobate to cylindrical pedestal inscribed:
'IN HONOR/ OF HENRY WILLIAM SCHNEIDER/ MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH/
1875 TO 1878/ ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1891';
Vitruvian scroll beneath cornice. Robed figure of Schneider
faced up Duke Street. Schneider, Hannay and Co built the first
blast furnaces in Barrow between 1857-59 then amalgamated with
James Ramsden's company to form the Barrow Haematite Iron and
Steel Company in 1866. Using the Bessemer process this became
by 1876, the biggest iron and steel plant in the world. His
life is chronicled elsewhere. Centrepiece of Schneider Square.
(Barnes F: Barrow and District: Barrow in Furness: 1967-: 96;
Banks A G: H W Schneider of Barrow and Bowness: Kendal:
1984-).
Listing NGR: SD1992769020
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