Iron industry in the Perkiomen Valley
During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Perkiomen Valley was a hub of the iron industry in America. Thomas Rutter built the first forge in Pennsylvania in 1716 on the Manatawny Creek and a number of other forges and furnaces quickly followed in the area. Other ironworks in the greater Perkiomen Valley included Colebrookdale… Read More »Iron industry in the Perkiomen Valley