Iron – Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA

Iron industry in the Perkiomen Valley

by Erica Slason
1 Comment

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

On Loan from Pottsgrove Manor

by Karen Ploch

For our exhibit Downtown Then and Now, we were fortunate to have an item loaned to us by Pottsgrove Manor. Loan Courtesy of Pottsgrove Manor, County of Montgomery, Pottstown, PA This is a cast iron kitchen press. It was made at Colebrookdale Furnace by Thomas Potts in 1739. Colebrookdale Furnace was in what is now Berks… Read More »On Loan from Pottsgrove Manor