If you look up the TD article on the internet and click on the video icon you will get a short video of the site. The video address is: http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Common%2FPage%2FVideoPopup_WM&SiteID=RTD&VideoID=1149192749770&c=Page&cid=1137834782329 Thought you might enjoy. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Ironmasters Conference > An article and pictures in today's Richmond Times Dispatch said the > timbers were part of the base for a flume that sent water through the > forge to power it. Since I know nothing much about ironworking, I have no > idea what that means [other than what a flume is]. It said the newspaper > also now has a "multi media presentation" about the discovery, whatever > that entails [multi media?]. http:// www.timesdispatch.com > > Nancy > > ------- > I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. > > --Daniel Boone > > > > On Jan 19, 2007, at 11:42 PM, James Brothers wrote: > >> 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 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html