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Name: Cornwall Iron Furnace (view items)
Industry type: Materials
Industry: Iron
Country: United States
State/County/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Cornwall
Start year: 1742
End year: 1883
Company: Cornwall Iron Furnace
Notes: Part of a U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Started by Peter Grubb in 1742, this cold-blast charcoal furnace was the heart of a self contained iron plantation. Despite the British effort to restrict iron production, the furnace continued to operate and increase production until 1883, when newer technology using anthracite coal made it obsolete. The site was donated to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, fully intact, in 1932.

http://www.cornwallironfurnace.org/history.htm