Richmond Iron Works Industrial Archaeology

    Richmond Iron Works (RIW), Richmond Furnace, Massachusetts, USA
    Principal Investigators -
    William (Bill) S. Edwards and Karl Danneil. 
    Bill is Chairman of the Richmond Historic Commission.

Richmond Furnace is located in the South West corner of the state of Massachusetts.

Many details of the industrial archaeology study we have worked at for several years will be presented here in the following months.  Be patient.  We have several filing cabinets full of information and pictures.  Send a note if you have a particular interest in this work or any of the information we have gathered.

Now that the National Historic District registration is complete and accepted by Washington D.C., we will present most of the submitted report (but not all 80 pages of it). 

A small detail from a sales poster about 1890

 

Another small detail - A major customers shop

 

 

 

RIW Furnace Stack from Office Level
Part of the SIA Archaeology Crew at work

RIW Stack from Casting Shed end
Wood Chip Piles from Cleanup in Foreground

 

RIW Stack from Entrance Road near Brook Bridge
Stone Walls and Platforms for Steam Engine Powered Blowers, Boiler, and Charging & Office Level at top (Before Cleanup)

Richmond Iron Works and Local History page
 

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