Ross F. Allen (Author)
James C. Dawson (Author)
Morris F. Glenn (Author)
Gordon, Robert B. (Author)
Killick, David J. (Author)
Richard W. Ward (Author)
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Pages: 3-20
The sites of 32 bloomery forges that were active in the Adirondack region of New York in the 19th century have been examined. Although located in a remote area, sophisticated metallurgical technology was used at these forges to make direct-reduced iron with charcoal fuel. Some of the forges had rolling mills, naileries, or other works associated with them, and the largest employed upward of 900 persons. Artifacts collected at the forge sites show that the hot-blast American process was the highest technological development of bloomery smelting and that different grades of iron were produced for a succession of different markets.
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