furnaces COLUMBIA ANTHRACITE IRON BLAST FURNACES AND ROLLING MILLS OF LANCASTER COUNTY 1840-1900 6,---Safe Harbor rolling mill .---Safe Harbor furnace Vesta furnace �the Spy until the tariff controversy erupted again in 1888: As Democrats we are at a loss to understand the motives of the Demo- cratic

County, all of them using pig iron manufactured in anthracite iron blast furnaces. These anthracite iron works—furnaces and rolling mills—were located within a triangle formed by Lancaster City, Marietta, and Safe Harbor. In this iron triangle the greatest concentration of iron works was situated in the

fresh air blast. Anthracite coal was available in abundance, and was easily transported at low freight rates by canal to the furnaces of Lancaster County. The steady growth of canals and railroads lowered the cost of iron production ; the railroads also provided a market because iron was used

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

Lead and Zinc Industry in Lancaster County by John W. W. Loose Lancaster's role in the lead and zinc industry is another piece of hidden history. Persons travelling the Old Harrisburg Pike or the newer highway (Route 283) between McGovernville and Landisville would never recognize the quiet little

Development of Lutheran Congregations in Lancaster County By J. W. W. Loose 1. New Holland, Trinity, 1730 2. Denver, Muddy Creek, 1730 3. Brickerville, Emmanuel (Old Warwick), 1730 4. Lancaster, Holy Trinity, 1730 5. Ephrata, Bergstrasse, 1752 6. Strasburg, St. Michael's, 1754 7. Maytown, St

Wolf and James Dougherty, in 1838 were granted the first patent for a solid railroad car wheel casting. As the iron industry, both primary and secondary, that is, pig iron production and wrought iron shapes, and articles made from cast or wrought iron, developed in Lancaster County the interest in

Millersville before establishing a joint prac- tice with his brother, Dr. Samuel T. Davis, in Lancaster. �The furnaces and retorts of the Lancaster Crematorium. Although he was a highly respected physician recognized for his profes- sional competence, he was an "innovator" in a conservative profession, and his

, there isn't much correlation of the number of churches with the extent of sin and vice. In 1885 Lancaster had 35 churches. Five years later there were 38 churches. Two more congregations appeared by 1895, and in 1900 Lancaster could boast 45 churches. This number increased to 51 by 1905, and soared to

encouraging industry, particularly industry that used the products of the inland farmers. Late in 1727 Wright and most of the Chester County Quakers again were defeated by a resurgence of the Philadelphia mercantile elite. Wright found new problems to solve on the frontier of what was to become Lancaster