First Iron Furnace
On the creek nearby stood the first iron furnace in English America, built in 1619. It was destroyed by the Indians in the massacre of 1622.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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