page_title: Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Barrow Jute Works circa 1875.
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1801 - Population of village of Barrow stood at 1,958 during 1801 UK Census
  1804 - Walney Lighthouse is completed
  1839 - Henry Schneider arrives to exploit local iron ore
  1846
  Furness Railway is opened
  Roa Island causeway is completed
  1850 - Expansive haematite deposits are discovered in the area
  1852 - Jane Roper is the first ship to be built in Barrow
  1858 - St. Mary of Furness Roman Catholic Church is built
  1859 - Schneider Hannay & Co is founded
  1860 - Barrow Co-operative Society is established
  1861 - St. George's Church is built
  1863 - Construction begins on Barrow's dock system
  1865
  A magnitude 3.0 earthquake causes extensive damage to the Rampside area
  Schneider Hannay & Co becomes the Barrow Hematite Steel Company
  1867
  Barrow is granted municipal borough status
  Sir James Ramsden becomes first mayor of Barrow
  Devonshire Dock opens
  Cases' Brewery opens
  1869 - St. James' Church is built
  1870 - Barrow Jute Works are completed
  1871
  The Barrow Shipbuilding Company is established
  Barrow Corn Mills are built
  1872 - Furness Golf Club is founded
  1873 - Duke of Devonshire is the first steamship to be built in Barrow
  1875
  Barrow Football Club, the forerunner of Barrow Raiders is established
  Devonshire Buildings are built
  1876 - Barrow's steelworks become the world's largest
  1881
  The autonomous Barrow-in-Furness Borough Police force is established
  SS City of Rome is launched, briefly the world's largest liner
  1882 - Barrow Central railway station is opened
  1884 - Michaelson Road Bridge is opened
  1885
  The Barrow and Furness parliament constituency is established
  Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company commences operation
  1886 - Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid is launched in Barrow and becomes the first submarine to fire a live torpedo underwater
  1887
  Barrow Town Hall is completed
  North Lonsdale Hospital is opened
  1897 - The Barrow Shipbuilding Company becomes Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering after being purchased by Vickers Limited
  1898 - The North-Western Daily Mail first begins publishing
caption: The Barrow Jute Works opened in 1870 and employed upwards of 2,000 women
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