Making Iron on the Bald Eagle - Roland Curtin’s Ironworks and Workers’ Community

About the author

Gerald G. Eggert is Professor Emeritus of History at Penn State University. His publications include Harrisburg Industrializes: The Coming of Factories to an American Community (Penn State, 1992) and the pamphlet "The Iron Industry in Pennsylvania," published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association.

Summary

The long history of the Curtin family's Eagle Ironworks mirrors both the rise and the long decline of American charcoal-iron production. Eggert's story begins with Curtin's arrival in the Bald Eagle Valley in 1797, from the time he constructed his first forge on the bank of Bald Eagle Creek, until the final closing of the Eagle Ironworks in 1922.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald G. Eggert, Gerald G. (Professor Emeritus of History at PSU) Eggert
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2015
• EAN: 9780271067117
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06711-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Keystone Books
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, History of engineering & technology, History of the Americas, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States