Survey. of 19th Century iron Industry in Lancaster County BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE The romance of eighteenth century iron industry has appealed to many historians, novelists and artists. Mention of this dram- atic enterprise immediately suggests lovely stone mansions sur- rounded, plantation-wise

had established a record of failure at the Shawnee Furnace in Columbia; soon George Ford's money was not sufficient to keep the works in operation.'" �On 7 November 1850 a deed of trust was executed to Henry Reed, a banker, and Thomas Baumgardner, a prosperous coal merchant of Lancaster.138 Mathias