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Colonial and early ironworks : Berks County, Pennsylvania 1716-1830 / by Daniel A. Graham.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Bk TS229.5.P4 G7232 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Daniel A., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iron foundries--Pennsylvania--Berks County--History.
- Iron foundries.
- Iron industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Berks County--History.
- Iron industry and trade.
- Iron-works--Pennsylvania--18th century.
- Iron-works.
- Iron-works--Pennsylvania--19th century.
- Berks County (Pa.)--History.
- Berks County (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 240, [4] pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
- illustrations.
- maps.
- Manufacture:
- Morgantown, PA : Masthof Press
- Other Title:
- Berks County ironworks sketches 1716-1830
- Place of Publication:
- [Reading, PA?] : Berks History Center, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Provides brief sketches of fifty-five forges and furnaces in Berks County that were active during the Colonial and early American period."--Introduction, page xii.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Rise and fall of Schuylkill Valley Ironworks
- Chapter 2. Forge, furnace and slitting mill distinctions
- Chapter 3. Berks County ironworks sketches.
- Notes:
- "Berks County ironworks sketches" precedes statement of responsibility on title page.
- Includes bibliography (pages 217-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781601269881
- 1601269889
- OCLC:
- 1525850354
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