Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area |
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... iron industry . Furnaces and forges were in operation and down the Atlantic coast , in every Colony except Georgia , and the industry was spreading inland and westward with the fron- tier . Export of American iron began as early as 1718 ...
... iron industry . Furnaces and forges were in operation and down the Atlantic coast , in every Colony except Georgia , and the industry was spreading inland and westward with the fron- tier . Export of American iron began as early as 1718 ...
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... iron . 2 ) A rough bar of iron drawn from a bloomery ball for further manufacture . 3 ) A mass of iron or steel formed by consolidating scrap at a high temperature by hammering or rolling . Bosh - The widest part of the inner chamber of ...
... iron . 2 ) A rough bar of iron drawn from a bloomery ball for further manufacture . 3 ) A mass of iron or steel formed by consolidating scrap at a high temperature by hammering or rolling . Bosh - The widest part of the inner chamber of ...
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... Iron - Iron in the common bar form , convenient for market . Mill - Any establishment for reducing ores by other means than smelting . More strictly , a place or a machine where ore or rock is crushed . Millrace The current of water ...
... Iron - Iron in the common bar form , convenient for market . Mill - Any establishment for reducing ores by other means than smelting . More strictly , a place or a machine where ore or rock is crushed . Millrace The current of water ...
Contents
Furnace | 219 |
Fort | 239 |
New Miller Paterson Peters St George Snyder | 254 |
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