It isn't conclusive that the two pieces of slag are the same. Nat Ewan took the photo, and I am sure that he did not get Batsto and Atsion confused.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_Hsdy::
It isn't conclusive that the two pieces of slag are the same. Nat Ewan took the photo, and I am sure that he did not get Batsto and Atsion confused.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_Hsdy::
dunno, the "Atsion Stove" which is similar in build to the one in the Crosswicks Friends Meeting house, is stamped Batsto Furnace on the side, so there appears to be some confusion.
I'm willing to bet the stove was physically located in Atsion, but was made at Batsto, hence the casting.
It appears I am a little late to this conversation, haha.
If I'm thinking of the same photo, as part of the HABS collection, it is labeled as a piece of slag at Batsto. However, it was mislabeled as Batsto and is most definitely from Atsion.
Behind the slag, you have the large stone wall of the cotton mill built by Maurice Raleigh in 1872. In addition, to the left of the photo you have a duplex worker home built during the Raleigh era as well.
I was discussing this piece of slag with Don Catts and Paul Hemler, and we came to the conclusion that sometime after this photo was taken, it was rolled down the hill next to the mill and has remained there until this day.
I attached the photo of the slag from the HABS collection, and another photo of the mill with the duplex house taken from Present Day RT-206.
-Nick
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It was most likely rolled down the hill right near the mill race, but by whom I do not know.
I'm blown away by the fact that I'm in a 17 y.o. thread!