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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.
Contributor:
Historical Society of Berks County. Berks History Center, publisher.
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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