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