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- Barrow-in-Furness abstract "Barrow-in-Furness, (/ˈbæroʊ ɪn ˈfɜrnəs/; commonly known as Barrow) is a town and seaport in the county of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with adjacent districts in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Situated at the tip of the Furness peninsula close to the Lake District it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011 Barrow's population stood at around 57,000, while 69,000 lived in the wider borough making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. People from Barrow are known as Barrovians.In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet with Furness Abbey, on the outskirts of the modern-day town, controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537. The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and, with other investors, opened the Furness Railway in 1846 to transport iron ore and slate from local mines to the coast. Further hematite deposits were discovered, of sufficient size to develop factories for smelting and exporting steel. By the late 19th century, the Barrow Hematite Steel Company-owned steelworks was the world's largest.Barrow's location and the availability of steel allowed the town to develop into a significant producer of naval vessels, a shift that was accelerated during World War I and the local yard's specialisation in submarines. The original iron- and steel- making enterprises closed down after World War II, leaving Vickers shipyard as Barrow's main industry and employer. Several Royal Navy flagships, the vast majority of its nuclear submarines as well as numerous ocean liners and oil tankers were manufactured at the facility.The end of the Cold War and subsequent decrease in military spending saw high unemployment in the town through lack of contracts; despite this, the BAE Systems shipyard remains operational as the UK's largest by workforce and has major future expansion plans associated with the Trident successor programme. Today Barrow is a hub for energy generation and handling. Several wind farms located off the coast of the town form one of the highest concentrations of turbines in the world.".
- Barrow-in-Furness areaCode "01229".
- Barrow-in-Furness country Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness country United_Kingdom.
- Barrow-in-Furness distanceToLondon "357274.368".
- Barrow-in-Furness district Borough_of_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness gridReference "SD198690".
- Barrow-in-Furness populationTotal "56745".
- Barrow-in-Furness postalCode "LA13-LA16".
- Barrow-in-Furness region North_West_England.
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- Barrow-in-Furness caption "View of central Barrow from the north including St. James' Church, the Town Hall and Devonshire Dock Hall".
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- Barrow-in-Furness constituencyWestminster Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Barrow-in-Furness country "England".
- Barrow-in-Furness date "August 2010".
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- Barrow-in-Furness hasPhotoCollection Barrow-in-Furness.
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- Barrow-in-Furness location "Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom".
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- Barrow-in-Furness octRecordHighF "74".
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- Barrow-in-Furness officialName "Barrow-in-Furness".
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- Barrow-in-Furness population "56745".
- Barrow-in-Furness postTown "BARROW-IN-FURNESS".
- Barrow-in-Furness postcodeArea "LA".
- Barrow-in-Furness postcodeDistrict "LA13-LA16".
- Barrow-in-Furness region "North West England".
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- Barrow-in-Furness shireCounty Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness shireDistrict Borough_of_Barrow-in-Furness.
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- Barrow-in-Furness source "MSN Weather".
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- Barrow-in-Furness staticImageCaption "Clockwise from the upper left: Central Barrow with the skyline of Blackpool also visible, Walney Bridge, the Dock Museum and Devonshire Dock Hall, Furness Abbey, Ramsden Square, Emlyn Hughes House, Barrow Town Hall and St. Mary's Church".
- Barrow-in-Furness staticImageCaption "Coat of arms of Barrow in Furness".
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