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== Reference List == | == Reference List == | ||
*Lesley, Peter. 1866. ''The Iron Manufacturer’s Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States; with Discussions of Iron, Etc. New York,'': John Wiley. https://books.google.com/books?id=eCdWAAAAcAAJ&vq=lehigh&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=balliet&f=false. | *Lesley, Peter. 1866. ''The Iron Manufacturer’s Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States; with Discussions of Iron, Etc. New York,'': John Wiley. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eCdWAAAAcAAJ&vq=lehigh&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=balliet&f=false]. | ||
* Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. ''History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.'' Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. | * Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. ''History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.'' Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. | ||
* The Allentown Leader. 1897. ''The End Has Come. Samuel Lewis, Pioneer Iron Master, Passes Away,'' July 31, 1897. | * The Allentown Leader. 1897. ''The End Has Come. Samuel Lewis, Pioneer Iron Master, Passes Away,'' July 31, 1897. | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 2 April 2020
Samuel Lewis 1805-1897 was the manager of the forge (and the furnace- probably Lehigh Furnace)from 1828 to 1832. (Allentown Leader 1897, p. 1)
In 1866, Peter Lesley reported that the "Pennsville" Forge had 4 forge fires (though only one was in use), 2 hammers driven by water and in 1855 made 18 tons of blooms and 27 tons of bars (Lesley 1866, 172)
Reference List
- Lesley, Peter. 1866. The Iron Manufacturer’s Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States; with Discussions of Iron, Etc. New York,: John Wiley. [1].
- Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards.
- The Allentown Leader. 1897. The End Has Come. Samuel Lewis, Pioneer Iron Master, Passes Away, July 31, 1897.