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The Spotswood Furnace, or Tubal Works in Virginia, was possibly the first successful colonial iron works
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What was the first successful iron works in the colonies?
February 28, 2012

Today’s blast furnaces are distant cousins to the iron works of the early colonial era. One such operation – possibly the first successful iron works in the colonies – is the Tubal Works in Virginia.


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