First Century of National Existence: The United States as They Were and are ... Mineral Wealth ... Public Lands ... Internal Trade ... Immigration ... Banking ... Insurance ... Literature and Authors ...L. Stebbins, 1874 - 586 pages |
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... connected with it . The first blast furnace in the colonies ap- pears to have been built in 1702 , by Lambert Despard , at the outlet of Mattakeeset pond , in Plymouth County , Massachusetts , and a number more were afterward set in ...
... connected with it . The first blast furnace in the colonies ap- pears to have been built in 1702 , by Lambert Despard , at the outlet of Mattakeeset pond , in Plymouth County , Massachusetts , and a number more were afterward set in ...
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... connected by the Morris canal and the Lehigh canal ; and almost the first successful application of this fuel to the smelting of iron ores upon a large scale was made at Stanhope , by Mr. Edwin Post . A new A portion of the hematites ...
... connected by the Morris canal and the Lehigh canal ; and almost the first successful application of this fuel to the smelting of iron ores upon a large scale was made at Stanhope , by Mr. Edwin Post . A new A portion of the hematites ...
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... connects it with the bituminous coal mines Columbia . In the western part of the state of eastern Tennessee , supports only six large furnaces were built at Mount Savage and small charcoal furnaces of average capacity , Lonaconing to ...
... connects it with the bituminous coal mines Columbia . In the western part of the state of eastern Tennessee , supports only six large furnaces were built at Mount Savage and small charcoal furnaces of average capacity , Lonaconing to ...
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... connection with great dikes and ridges of trap , which range east and west , and dip with the slates at a high angle toward the north . The ores also have the same direc- tion and dip . Localities of them are of frequent occurrence for ...
... connection with great dikes and ridges of trap , which range east and west , and dip with the slates at a high angle toward the north . The ores also have the same direc- tion and dip . Localities of them are of frequent occurrence for ...
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... connected with St. Louis by a railroad . A blast furnace was built here in 1846 , and another in 1855. A bloomary with six fires was started in 1850 , and has produced blooms at an estimated cost of $ 30 per ton . Shepherd mountain ...
... connected with St. Louis by a railroad . A blast furnace was built here in 1846 , and another in 1855. A bloomary with six fires was started in 1850 , and has produced blooms at an estimated cost of $ 30 per ton . Shepherd mountain ...
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