An Iron Glossary Cast Iron:Â Cast iron is strong but can be brittle due to its carbon content, making it less than ideal for working and shaping. As
As iron production expanded, so did the need for fuel. In the early days of iron, all furnaces and forges were powered by charcoal made in kilns with
Pink was a black Morgan horse owned by General John Hammond. He was foaled and raised on the Hammond family farm in Crown Point with other Morgan
Link to full text of his Travels into North America, 1772 Naturalist Peter Kalm “July the 2d. EARLY this morning we set out on our
The Ideological Significance of Homer Dodge Martin’s The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York The iron-ore bed in Craig Harbor near Port Henry, New
In the winter of 1776, George Washington dispatched bookseller Henry Knox to Crown Point and Ticonderoga in order to bring the artillery stored there
A member of the influential iron industrialist Hammond family, Thomas Hammond, the son of Charles F. Hammond, lost his life in a product of the iron
According to a local historian, the limestone quarry dates to roughly 1868. It was known as the Fletcher Marble Quarry, a commercial venture by Friend
By Lieutenant-General Burgoyne. WHEN the last ships came from Quebec, a report prevailed in Canada, said to have been founded upon positive evidence,