Preliminary Report of Test Excavations at the Saugus Iron Works Historic Site

Moran GP. 1976. Preliminary Report of Test Excavations at the Saugus Iron Works Historic Site. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver, Colorado

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site is a National Historic Site about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Boston in Saugus, Massachusetts. It is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America, founded by John Winthrop the Younger and in operation between 1646 and approximately 1670. It includes the reconstructed blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, shear, slitter and a quarter-ton trip hammer.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Moran, Geoffrey
Date of Issue
1976
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
NER , SAHI

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