On Crescent Street west of Cross Street, on the right when traveling west.
John Winthrop, Jr., Blast Furnace
has been designated an
Historical Landmark by
American Society for Metals.
In 1644, John Winthrop Jr. built the first commercial blast iron furnace in America at Quincy, Massachusetts, where it produced . . . — — Map (db m282027) HM
On Central Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
"The Company of Undertakers for the Iron Works," consisting of English gentlemen and colonists, erected a furnace on this site in 1643. Joseph Jenks, their employe, built a forge here in 1647, invented the modern type of scythe, and built Boston's . . . — — Map (db m282033) HM
At the forge, porous and brittle cast iron was changed into tough, strong, flexible wrought iron. To the sounds of four water wheels turning, the bellows flapping, and the ground-shaking thump of the power hammer, men toiled to make wrought-iron . . . — — Map (db m298952) HM
