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Freedom Forge Bessemer, c. 1880s. Bessemer equipment sold in 1870. A stone wall of this building survives today at Standard Steel, making it the oldest remnant of a Bessemer building in America.
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Image of the buildings, stacks, and a bridge. Bessemer buildings to left.

Credit: Courtesy of the Greenwood Furnace State Park, Paul Fagley

Freedom Forge Bessemer, c. 1880s, at Freedom Iron Company, Freedom Iron Works, owned by John Wright, began to produce superior quality items for the booming railroad industry, utilizing iron produced at the Greenwood Works.

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