Birth of the Iron Industry in Pennsylvania: Colebrookdale Furnace

http://paironworks.rootsweb.com/berbirth.html

This webpage prepared by historian Raymond Washlaski provides a summary of Colebrookdale Furnace history as well as some interesting primary source images of artifacts made at the furnace. The stove plate you will recognize from the lesson. In addition, there is a great image of an ironing trivet.

Referenced in:
Pennsylvania's Iron Furnaces: Forging the Industrialization of the Nation