brief history part 1

Barrow-in-Furness is a huge industrial town in the county of Cumbria, well-known for its shipbuilding business and once had the world’s biggest steelworks.  Barrow started its life as one of several small hamlets on the Furness peninsula and relied primarily on fishing and agriculture.  Barrow’s earliest steamship was a 3,000 ton boat which was called the Duke of Devonshire, it was launched in 1873. Throughout the first two world wars, Barrow shipyard constantly grew along with the population of the town, it peaked at 74,000 in 1931.