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Iron Furnaces in Maryland
Historic Iron Furnaces in Maryland included:
- Sparrows Point,
- Baltimore G.Krug and Sons Ironworks, Baltimore
- Elkridge Furnace Complex
- Nassawongo Iron Furnace Site, Snow Hill,
- Maryland Principio Furnace, Cecil County
- Catoctin Furnace, Frederick County
- Patuxent Iron Works
- Joppa iron Works
- Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company
Main List:
- Antietam.
- Antietam Furnce Complex Archeological Site. "It is an eighteenth-century Iron furnace located along South Mountain. It operated circa 1768-1775 and produced pig iron, stoves, domestic iron wares, and possibly cannon. It was probably the earliest iron furnace in the present day Washington. County." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antietam_Furnace_Complex_Archeological_Site
- Built in 1768, the furnace produced goods for the Revolutionary War, relying on the labor of both enslaved and free blacks. National Register of Historic Places. https://www.visitmaryland.org/listing/religious-sites/antietam-furnace
- The Mt. Aetna iron furnace, popularly known as Antietam Furnace, was established by William James around 1761. In 1764, Baltimore merchant Barnabas Hughes and his sons purchased the land and 2/3 of the iron operation from James, who retained a 1/3 share in the iron furnace. By the time Barnabas Hughes died in 1766, his inventory indicated that the property probably included a store, house, saw mill, and forge. Seven indentured servants and eight enslaved individuals were listed in the inventory, and these people may have worked at the iron furnace. Barnabas’ sons Daniel, Samuel, and John expanded the business after their father’s death, purchasing more land and adding to the infrastructure of their iron working operations across the region. Because of poor roads, the Antietam iron works probably concentrated on household goods that could be sold nearby, such as firebacks, dutch ovens, and pots. The American Revolution changed this business model, however, as the Hughes family won contracts to build cannons for the Continental Congress in 1776. Cannon production was profitable during the war, but the Antietam Furnace may not have been large enough for cannon production, and the Hughes brothers seem to have expanded other locations to meet the demand. The Hughes family may have shut down the smaller location in favor of its newer operations around 1775 or 1776. After the war, the industry’s profits declined. By 1783, the location had certainly been shut down. Not long after its abandonment, the furnace was dismantled and the site was filled in."https://apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/SmallFinds/Site%20Summaries/18WA288AntietamFurnaceSiteSummary.htm
- https://washingtoncountyhistoricaltrust.org/old-forge-farm-1762-west-of-hagerstown-md-13/ Old Forge Farm, 1762, east of Hagerstown, MD
- Ashland
- Bowers
- Catoctin
- Cedar Point
- Chesapeake
- Curtis Creek
- Elba
- Elkridge
- Fielderts
- Friendsville
- Greenspring
- Gunpowder Falls
- Gywnn Falls
- Hampton
- Harford
- Johnson
- Joppa
- Kingsbury
- LaGrange
- Legh
- Lena
- Locust
- Lonaconing (knoxville)
- Lonaconing (Lonaconing)
- Mariah
- Maryland Furnce
- Maryland Steel Company Furnace
- Mount Etna Furnace
- Mount Savage Furnace
- Muirkite Furnace
- Nassawango Furnace
- North Hampton
- Oregon
- Potapsco
- Patuxtent
- Principe
- Rock Forge
- Rough & Ready
- Russell
- Sarah
- Savage
- Stickney
- Whittier Furnace
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