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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area

Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area

Ransom, James M.

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Technology & EngineeringRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0801477247
ISBN13: 9780801477249
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Jul 15 2011
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This is the story of early iron mining and manufacturing, and what remains to be seen today, in the hills that cross the northeastern border of New Jersey into New York. Centrally located in the Colonies, New Jersey was in an especially advantageous position: its waterways provided power and excellent transportation and its dense forests furnished the charcoal essential for making pig and bar iron. During the two major wars on American soil New Jersey and New York ironworks turned out badly needed supplies--among them the huge chains and booms used to block the British advance up the Hudson during the Revolution--and ordnance, made and shipped in record-breaking time, for Union troops.

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