Pennsylvania's Historic Furnaces
Momma Bear and I were a ponderin' today about the significance of Pennsylvania's Historic Furnaces. We truly had little or no clue what they were about. What I found was just really cool! The information has given me insight to how Pennsylvania became the Steel Capitol of the U.S.
During the Colonial and early National periods of America's history, molded or cast-iron articles were the end products of a fairly simple process developed in the ancient world. The raw materials needed--iron ore, limestone, and hardwood forests for charcoal--were all available in the Hopewell area in Pennsylvania. To read a history lesson, click on the photo!
3 comments:
very interesting... and you were right on the money with your guess
i knew they were very important to local economies, so it would only stand to figure something big was happening there! i just had no idea they were the pre-cursor to the steel industry in the state.i want to visit this one someday!
yeah, it looks like a neat place
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