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Ironmasters will meet this year in conjunction with the
37TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
March 15th-18th, 2007
Cavalier Hotel
Oceanfront at 42nd Street
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
Reservations: 1-800-446-8199
or on-line: www.cavalierhotel.com
Ironmasters is a group of archaeologists, historians, and just people
interested in the history of iron making. This years meeting will
feature a bloomery smelt at Colonial Williamsburg (Saturday) and
papers on early iron making. The following papers are already
scheduled. But there is room for a few more. If you are interested
please contact me.
Lyle Browning (Browning and Assoc, Ltd.)- Latest information from
America's first ironworks, Falling Creek (1619-22). Just recently
massive timbers have appeared as a result of erosion of the bank.
These are 2-3' below Archibald Cary's Forge (1750-81). It is unclear
at this time whether these are part of the ironwork's warf, dam, or
actual structure. But excavation on the site should be underway prior
to the conference.
Richard Veit (Monmouth Univ,) and Michael J. Gall (Richard Grubb and
Associates)- Two late 18th century bloomeries in New Jersey, Leddell/
Frost Forge in Bernardsville and the Mendham Forge in Mendham, Morris
County. Both date from the late 18th century.
I will be giving a talk updating some of the information on the
colonial blast furnaces of Virginia.
James Brothers, RPA
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