East Penn Forge

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.