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Name: Katahdin Iron Works (view items)
Industry type: Materials
Industry: Iron
Country: United States
State/County/Province: Maine
City: Near Brownville Junction
Start year: 1843
End year: 1890
Company: Unknown
Notes: Maine State Historic Site. Early charcoal iron furnace with one of 16 original charcoal kilns preserved. At the height of its operation, 400 men using 200 horses and oxen, cut and hauled 20,000 cords of wood a year for the kilns.

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