Iron Industry in Pennsylvania : With a Listing of National, State, and Private Sites Related to the Pennsylvania Iron Industry and Open to the Public

No State played a greater part in the industrialization of the nation than PA. It pioneered most of the nation¿s basic industries: iron, steel, timber, coal, oil, & railroads. This document sketches the history of the foremost of those early industries, iron manufacture, beginning with construction of the first iron forge in PA in 1716. It traces ironmaking to its subsumption by steel midway through the 20th cent. This book deals with the major aspects of ironmaking: the industry¿s pioneers, its geographic spread, its changing technology, the iron trade, industrial org., labor unions, & how the industry affected the lives of the people in it: ironmasters, iron workers, & their families. Relates iron production¿s contribution to the economies of both PA & the nation. Illustrations.Eggert, Gerald G. is the author of 'Iron Industry in Pennsylvania : With a Listing of National, State, and Private Sites Related to the Pennsylvania Iron Industry and Open to the Public', published 2008 under ISBN 9781422393468 and ISBN 1422393461.