New Roxbury Ironworks Site
The New Roxbury Ironworks Site is a historic industrial archaeological site in Woodstock, Connecticut. It is the site of a colonial-era iron foundry, established about 1760 in the vicinity of Black Pond. It was built to process iron ore that had been found by area settlers. The area was also later the site of grist and saw mills.[2]
New Roxbury Ironworks Site | |
| Location | Woodstock, Connecticut |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1757 |
| Architect | Ebenezer Lyons |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000130[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1996 |
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Meyer, Walter (1945). The Yale Forest in Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. pp. 10, 14.
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