T. Arron Kotlensky (Author)
The West Point Foundry Association established a charcoal blast furnace at Cold Spring, New York, in 1827 to make pig iron for the foundry. Owners integrated the furnace within the foundry layout to take advantage of the existing property and waterpower system, making it unique among period blast furnaces. To establish a history of the furnace and surrounding site, researchers from Michigan Technological University conducted investigations of the West Point Foundry blast urnace site between 2004 and 2006 through histoncal background research, archaeological site excavation and documentation, and archaeo-metallurgical analysis of pig iron samples. Results allowed researchers to outline the history of the site and more fully understand the integration of the furnace within the foundry. Further research provided insight into the quality of pig iron produced at the furnace and helped place the success and subsequent closure of the furnace within evolving trends in the technology and organization of antebellum pig iron production. Research demonstrated that managers and tradesmen consistently produced relatively high-grade pig iron that the foundry could use in the production of ordnance and other castings. However, the comparative high cost of making pig iron in Cold Spnng motivated owners to cease production after 1844 in favor of purchasing pig iron from less costly external sources, while continuing to rely on production from regional furnaces under their management. [2014 Vogel Prize winner]
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