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First 50 Years of Maryland Iron Industry Fragment
Chronicle of early Maryland iron works and ore rights listing dates from 1723 to 1762. Notes key furnaces and forges including Gwynns Falls Gwynne Falls Patent trades, Kingsbury and Lancashire Furnaces, Curtis Creek and Elk Forge, with ownership ties to Principio Baltimore Ridgelys and Dorsey Lawson lines.
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Maryland
Dan
Cecil County
North East Forge
Principio Company
Opie
Gwynne Falls
Baltimore
Gwynns Falls
Baltimore County
Mount Royal
Baltimore Company
Jones Falls
Gorsuch Point
England
Thomas Sheridine
Kingsbury
Stephen Onion
Kingsbury Furnace
Herring Run
Charles Carroll
Back
Middle Rivers
Whitemarsh Run
Lancashire Furnace
Long Cam
Gunpowder Falls
Lancashire
Charles Ridgely
John
Cam Forge
Lancashire Charles
Nottingon Honeygo
America
Dr. Carroll
Lawrence Washington
Bush River Iron Works
Harford County
John Lee Webster
Caleb
Edward Dorsey
Alexander Lawson
Elkridge
Patapsco
Howard County
Dorseys
Lawson
Tong Bridge Branch
Curtis Creek
Anne Arundel County
Curtis Creek Furnace
Charles Rudgely and Sons
Main Falls
Ridgelys
Northhampton
Patterson's Great Run
Dorsey
Elk Forge Company
Big Elk Creek
Lancaster
Benjamin Jacobs
Unicorn Creek
Queen Anne’s County
Unicorn Forge