Issac Wilkinson at Backbarrow

David Cranstone

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Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts History of Science and Medicine Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Abstract

Isaac Wilkinson's career as 'potfounder' at Backbarrow, Cumbria, from 1735 to 1748 is re-examined from primary documentary euidence. Considerable evidence survives on his relationship to the Backbarrow Company and on his ironfounding actioities; the latter includes the introduction of blowing cylinders into Backbarrow Forge over the period 1737-9.

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