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During the dramatic expansion of 1873, the Crown Point Iron Company built several new buildings below the upper dam. This
bend in the creek contains the foundations of a carpentry shop, a furnace (or foundry) building, and a sawmill. These . . . — — Map (db m195955) HM
Charcoal fueled the iron industry. To produce 2,000 lb. of bloom iron, twice that amount of ore had to be mixed with 5400 lb. of
charcoal. Smelting of iron required a similar quantity of charcoal. Ore, charcoal and limestone were heated in a . . . — — Map (db m195996) HM
Ore comes out of the ground mixed with sand and rock. Before it can be worked, it needs to be broken up (crushed) and separated from dirt and rock. In the early 1830's, Penfield and Taft made history by developing a magnetic ore separator charged . . . — — Map (db m195995) HM
The power of Putnam Creek drove the iron industry on its shores for over sixty years.
Although the structures disappeared nearly a century ago, many of the foundations remain visible today.
Follow the historic walking tour to discover the remains . . . — — Map (db m195856) HM
The Gray's Atlas of Essex County printed in 1876 recorded the improvements made in "Irondale” after the Crown Point Iron Company built a narrow gauge railroad to carry ore from the mines to its new foundry complex on Lake Champlain. Here the path . . . — — Map (db m195936) HM
Ironville Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1974
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m195858) HM
Sawmills and grist mills form the nucleus of every early 19th-century village. Allen Penfield purchased waterpower rights a few
hundred yards further down the creek in 1809 and promptly built one of each. The partnership of Penfield & Taft sawed . . . — — Map (db m195991) HM
Ore trains stopped in Ironville to drop their loads into the separator to be crushed and washed. Some of the "dressed ore"
traveled only a few hundred yards to the forge below the dam to be turned into "bloom iron.” The rest traveled down to the . . . — — Map (db m195990) HM
Historic Ironville Crown Point, NY
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974
Penfield Homestead Museum
former
Second Congregational
Church built in 1843
PHM
penfieldmuseum.org — — Map (db m196076) HM
Timothy Taft oversaw construction of the first dam at this site in 1828. The creek flowed north, then turned to the south to drop
over a natural rock ledge. Taft constructed two earth berms that came together at an angle to divert the main flow of . . . — — Map (db m195938) HM
This stone lined pit marks the location of the scale used to weigh ore cars coming from the mines at Hammondsville, three miles to the west. The scale house beside the pit housed a heavy-duty car scale which measured the ore contents of each car . . . — — Map (db m195981) HM
Allen Penfield, Timothy Taft, and
Allen P. Harwood pioneered the
first industrial use of electricty
in their iron works below the
pond south of this marker.
Thomas Davenport, the blacksmith
of Brandon, Vermont, in 1833
bought the . . . — — Map (db m196069) HM
The forge formed the heart of the operation at Ironville. The first forge had two fires fanned by a cold air blast generated with
falling water. It grew to eight fires by 1880. In 1848, Penfield kept his operation up to date by converting to hot . . . — — Map (db m195956) HM
This movement criticized alcohol intoxication, promoted complete abstinence from alcohol and emphasized it's negative effects
on people's health, personalities and family lives. The group was founded in 1842 in New York City and Ironville's local . . . — — Map (db m195855) HM
