Warwick Furnace 1737 : Chester County, Pennsylvania : a historical sketch / by Daniel A. Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Daniel A., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warwick Furnace (Chester County, Pa.)--History.

Warwick Furnace (Chester County, Pa.).

Blast furnaces--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History.

Blast furnaces.

Iron foundries--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History.

Iron foundries.

Iron industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History.

Iron industry and trade.

Chester County (Pa.)--History.

Chester County (Pa.).

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Devault, Pennsylvania] : Friends of Hopewell Furnace and the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, [2024-

Summary:

"Warwick Furnace was the fifth cold-blast charcoal furnace built in PA and the third in Chester Co. Built by the heirs of ironmaster Samuel Nutt on French Creek and managed by John Potts of Pottstown, its early ironmaster was Colonial America's first female industrialist Anna Nutt. It manufactured the first Franklin stove in 1740 and made cannon for the defense of Philadelphia during the Revolution. In its heyday it had thousands of acres of coaling lands and was the largest producer of Colonial iron in PA. It closed in 1867, but had been active for 130 years. This is its story."-- page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Volume 1. 1737-1773 : with a short history of Coventry Forge.

Notes:

Duplicate ISBN used for another book by Daniel A. Graham "Cannon for the defense of Philadelphia 1776 : Warwick Furnace Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a history of the buried Warwick cannon : a historical sketch."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781601268457

1601268459

OCLC:

1578195545