Elsecar Ironworks, which went into bankruptcy in 1827, was taken over by Wentworth Estate and opened in 1850, when it was connected to the Elsecar branch of the South Yorkshire Railway.
Elsecar Ironworks went into bankruptcy in 1827, and as it was situated on lands leased from the Wentworth estate it was these who took them over. From its opening in February 1850 the works and collieries were connected to the Elsecar Branch of the South Yorkshire Railway giving easy access to the wharves on the River Trent at Keadby. 
