>From what has to be one of my favourite sites! "The Omoa Iron Works, erected on Cleland estate by Colonel William Dalrymple, in 1787, derives its name from Omoa in the West Indies. Colonel William Dalrymple was the second son of Sir Wm. Dalrymple, third baronet of Cousland, and distinguished himself at the capture of Omoa, on the Spanish Main, in the West Indies. His uncle, Hew, left him the Fordal estate in Mid-Lothian, and Cleland estate in Bothwell and Shotts parishes. At first there was only one furnace at Omoa, employing about 40 miners, and 40 smelters and other workmen, and 12 horses. The furnace consumed nine tons of calcined ironstone per day, with casts every eighteen hours, yielding about two tons of pig-iron each cast." http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/164.html Dawn > From: agillbert@tiscali.co.uk > To: LANARK@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:52:03 +0100 > Subject: [Lanark] OMOA > > All this talk of OMOA has brought to the surface again a question which has been niggling at me for years. Does anyone know the origin of the name ? > > Archie Gilbert > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message