Article ID: CBB139477612

Innovation and Change in the Antebellum Southern Iron Industry: An Example from Chattanooga, Tennessee (1987)

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In 1859, Bluff Furnace, a traditional charcoal-fired, hot blast furnace located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was converted into a cupola-type furnace that used coke as its fuel. This transformation represented an innovative, almost radical shift in industrial technology for the southern Appalachian region. Both the success and failure of the shift at Bluff Furnace are linked to larger economic, political, technological, and ecological forces and conditions present in the South on the eve of the Civil War. It is argued that research at sites such as Bluff Furnace compel archeologists to examine past cultural dynamics in order to explain adequately specific features of industrial sites.

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Authors & Contributors
Gordon, Robert B.
Paul White
Gordon C. Pollard
Ross F. Allen
James C. Dawson
Brian H. Morrell
Concepts
Iron and iron industry
Industrial archaeology
Charcoal and charcoal industry
Blast furnaces
Iron, Cast
Archaeological Surveying
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
20th century
17th century
Places
United States
Connecticut (U.S.)
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
New York (U.S.)
Oswego, OR
Carp River
Institutions
West Point Foundry
Semet-Solvay Company
Adirondack Iron and Steel Company
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