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Adirondack Iron & Steel Company, New Furnace, Hudson River, Tahawus, Essex County, NY

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Adirondack Iron & Steel Company, New Furnace, Hudson River, Tahawus, Essex County, NY

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Summary

Significance: The surviving remains of the "New Furnace" contain several very rare items, including the stack, a Nielsen-type hot blast stove, and the blowing engine, built by the Hudson River Iron and Machine Company of Ft. Edward, New York. During the 1850s the American iron industry witnessed the change from a charcoal-burning to a coal-burning smelting process. The site clearly portrays this historical transition in technology.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30
Survey number: HAER NY-123
Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1833 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1839 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1840 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1844 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1845 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1846 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1849-1854 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
McIntyre, Archibald W
Henderson, David
McMartin, Duncan
Adirondack Iron & Steel Company
Steele, John
Feuchtwanger, Lewis
McMartin, Daniel
Redfield, William C
Van Santvoord, Abramham
Colden, David
Emmons, Ebenezer
Johnson, Walter R
Robertson, Archibald
Porteous, Andrew
Holt, Harvey
Sanderson, Charles
Robertson, James
Booth, James C
Clay, William Neale
Adams, David
Tower, Jonas
Guest, Josiah John
Baird, James
Ripley, James
Barney, Rufus
Dixon, Joseph
Thompson, James R
Gregory, Dudley S
Williams, Andrew
Hodge, James T
Hayes, August Allen
Ralph, Alexander
Johnson, B P
Cresson, Eliot
Stanton & Wilcox
McIntyre, James
Foote, Wallace T
Bachmen, F E
MacNaughton, James
MacIntyre Iron Company
Neilson, James
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Seely, Bruce, historian
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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