Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States: Embracing a Complete List of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges, and Bloomaries in Every State and Territory
Lanesborough Furnace, John L. Colby, Lanesborough, Berkshire county. One stack, 33 x built in 1847, burned June 25, 1882, and rebuilt in 1882-3; hot blast; ore, local brown hematite; annual capacity, net tons. Specialty, car-wheel pig iron.
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