Record #:

19682

Author(s):

Cappon, Lester J.

Abstract:

The Piedmont boasted a manufacturing strength in cotton and textile mills but during the late 18th- and early 19th- centuries iron smelting was a nascent industry. The earliest furnace was built by 1770 in Orange County and showed greatest promise in Lincoln County. A brief history of both discovering raw ore and iron manufacturing is presented.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 9 Issue 4, Oct 1932, p331-348, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Miscellanea; Iron industry and trade