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We were talking about this yesterday, and I looked up the info:
Oxford Furnace in Sussex (now Warren) County was built in 1742 by the Robeson family and produced pig iron, to the tune of 13-17 tons a week according to Boyer (149). Over the years it had several different owners and leasees, and was out of blast for periods of time. The furnace ran until about 1925 after it was rebuilt in 1831.
Over the years it manufactured stoves, pig iron for car wheels, chimney firebacks, "cannon balls, oxen, mule-and horseshoes, wagon tires, nails and crude farming implements, in the form of pig iron", and what was left over was "carted in the form of pig iron...for ships ballast" in the Duham Boats (Boyer 152).
The Oxford Furnace played a large role in production during the Revolutionary War, and several attempts by the British to capture it failed (Boyer 151).
Renee
Boyer, Charles S. Early Forges and Furnaces in New Jersey. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.
We were talking about this yesterday, and I looked up the info:
Oxford Furnace in Sussex (now Warren) County was built in 1742 by the Robeson family and produced pig iron, to the tune of 13-17 tons a week according to Boyer (149). Over the years it had several different owners and leasees, and was out of blast for periods of time. The furnace ran until about 1925 after it was rebuilt in 1831.
Over the years it manufactured stoves, pig iron for car wheels, chimney firebacks, "cannon balls, oxen, mule-and horseshoes, wagon tires, nails and crude farming implements, in the form of pig iron", and what was left over was "carted in the form of pig iron...for ships ballast" in the Duham Boats (Boyer 152).
The Oxford Furnace played a large role in production during the Revolutionary War, and several attempts by the British to capture it failed (Boyer 151).
Renee
Boyer, Charles S. Early Forges and Furnaces in New Jersey. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.
