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By John Burgoyne, ESQ, Lieutenant General of his Majesty’s Armies in America, Colonel of the Queen’s Regiment of Light Dragoons, Governor of Fort
Clapp-Griffith method, invented in England, was tried in 1885 in Pittsburgh. It was designed to produce good steel with a high phosphorus content. By
“The Cedar Point Iron Company’s Furnace No. 1 at Port Henry, Essex County, NY.” By T.F. Witherbee, which appeared in Transactions of the American
Iron Center Museum Contacts Moriah Historical Society President 34 Park Place Port Henry, NY 12974 Get
View the grand homes of mine owners and mistresses on Spring Street.Â
From History of the Iron Industry in Essex County By Frank S. Witherbee, 1906: “This bed, the oldest in the town, is situated about one and a half
Detour: You can get a glimpse of the racetrack where Sherman displayed his horses–and his women–on the north-west side of Forge Hollow Road. This is