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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: July 1, 2015
Caption: Earlier Iron Works Marker
Additional Description: This earlier marker is also on display in the audiovisual/presentation room at the Saugus Iron Works Museum. It reads: The First Iron Works.
The first successful iron works in the country established here. Foundry erected in 1634. Joseph Jenks built a forge here in 1647. And in 1652 made the dies for the first silver money coined in New England. In 1654 he made the first fire engine in America. Erected by Lynn Historical Society 1898.
Submitted: July 26, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p317989
File Size: 2.402 Megabytes

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