West Point Foundry (Images of America) by Trudie A. Grace,Mark Forlow PDF

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By Trudie A. Grace,Mark Forlow

verified in 1817 as a cannon foundry, the West element Foundry at chilly Spring within the Hudson Highlands was once one of many first significant commercial websites within the usa. The foundry and its many iron items, most importantly artillery and different ordnance, performed a valuable position within the nation's commercial improvement. At its height through the Civil battle, the foundry synthetic cannons of numerous forms, together with Dahlgrens, Rodmans, and--most prolifically--Parrott rifles, which have been generally hired and an important to the Union victory. between different items have been the 1st American steam locomotives, marine engines and boilers for early steamships and warships, sugar generators, aqueduct pipes, dynamite and disappearing weapons, architectural columns, and business equipment. infrequent pictures and different photographs, quite often from the nineteenth century, hint the foundry's tale from its early years throughout the interval of Civil conflict construction to its eventual prestige as a website of archaeological excavation.

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