The first iron works in the new world.
12:25 official NPS video It was started in 1645. [3:25] The slitting mill was one of only a dozen in the world. [5:27] It closed in 1670 because it was not profitable. [10:06]
From some of the photos further below, I learned that the building on the left was the forge and the building on the right was the rolling and slitting mill.
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The blast furnace is near the left side of this photo. Note the charging bridge from the top of the hill. The other buildings are water powered iron processing facilities like a forge and a rolling mill. That is, this is an integrated mill.
This overview of forge shows that the building near the center of the above photo with the two white, square smokestacks is the forge.
I didn't realize that they cast consumer products as well as pig iron in the casting house until I saw this.
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| Mark Wilborn, Jun 2021 |
This overview of forge shows that the building near the center of the above photo with the two white, square smokestacks is the forge.
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| Peter O, Sep 2015 |
At least one of the waterwheels would be driving bellows for the blast furnace. This one is driving bellows for a forge.
More views of the rolling and slitting mill.
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| Mark Wilborn, Jun 2021 |
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| Phil J, Oct 2019 |
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| Kim Dishner, Apr 2021 |
And a waterwheel powers a hammer.
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| Mark Wilborn, Jun 2021 |
And and another waterwheel powers the rolling mill.
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| Mark Wilborn, Jun 2021 |
More views of the rolling and slitting mill.
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| Phil J, Oct 2019 |
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| Sean Fitzpatrick, Jul 2018 |
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| Mark Wilborn, Jun 2021 |
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| Andre Perera, Jun 2018 |
The blast furnace and casting shed.
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| Matthew Gray, Aug 2016 |
This is the waterwheel that powers the bellows for the blast furnace. We can see that it is under the charging bridge and it doesn't show in the overview photos of the site.
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| Thomas Quigley, Jul 2017 |
This shows the sand floor in the casting house with remnants of the troughs that form the pig iron. And the tools that are used to restore the troughs.
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| Andre Perera, Jun 2018 |
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| Barbara Gifford, Oct 2016 |
I didn't realize that they cast consumer products as well as pig iron in the casting house until I saw this.
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| Andre Perera, Jun 2018 |
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| Screenshot @ 13:16 |
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| Screenshot @ 13:21 |
12:25 official NPS video It was started in 1645. [3:25] The slitting mill was one of only a dozen in the world. [5:27] It closed in 1670 because it was not profitable. [10:06]
4:00 YouTube video starts with some of the Saugus water wheels in action
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