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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.
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.