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Photographer: Nate Davidson
Taken: August 2, 2010
Caption: Mill Race & Overview
Additional Description: Below is the depression remaining from the mill race. In the 1840's water from a 300 acre pond (now woodland) flowed through a gate in the dam (now Old Furnace Road) into the mill race. This water provided power for the water wheel.

From this position ironworkers could easily view the warehouses, the Ironmaster's Mansion, and the various town buildings. Some 5000 acres of trees had been cut for the furnace project: to make room for the 25-acre town area: to supply wood for lumber for the town, and to make the charcoal needed to fuel the furnace.
Submitted: May 22, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p154200
File Size: 0.724 Megabytes

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