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Two Seasons of Excavation at the 1865 Office Building at Scenic Hudson's West Point Foundry Preserve (2009)

Timothy James Scarlett (Author)
Michael Deegan (Author)
Renee M. Blackburn (Author)

IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 35
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 105-115

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41550368

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: WEST POINT FOUNDRY
Language: English

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Management; administration Bricks and brickmaking Excavations (archaeology) Iron Foundries Buildings, Structures, etc. buildings, office Industrial archaeology 19th century United States West Point Foundry

In 1865 Robert P. Parrott ordered a stately office building be built as a symbol of the West Point Foundry's national prestige and success. Once constructed, the building's distinctive cupola was easily visible from various places in the landscape, including locations throughout the factory, the worker and management housing on Mount Rascal, and from West Point and ships passing on the Hudson River. As the physical and symbolic center of administrative power on the site, the office was an important part of the productive process. Archaeological excavation permitted a detailed reconstruction of the building's construction, use, reuse and abandonment.

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Article Patrick E. Martin (2009) Industrial Archaeology at the West Point Foundry. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 5-8). unapi

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