Anthracite Iron Blast Furnaces in Lancaster County 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose I. General Description Unlike the charcoal furnace, the anthracite furnace was a product of the age of steam power; indeed, it was a symbol of a whole new era in which the trinity of coal, iron, and steam

tons." �The Susquehanna Iron and Steel Corporation purchased the mill in 1898, after which it was operated as a unit of the corporation until 1905. The structure was razed about 1920." Chickies Rolling Mill Probably the smallest rolling mill in Lancaster County, the Chickies Rolling Mill, was built by

two called each other in on practically every investigation which the one was called on to make and together they dug into every important crime within the border of Lancaster County for more than a score of years."5 Barnholt's introduction to local criminal investigation began soon after he was

- missioners of the County of Lancaster, tender, and will donate, to the State of Pennsylvania a site for the erection of the proposed institution. The said site consists of a tract of land, belonging to the County of Lancaster, situated near the limits of the City of Lancaster, and containing about twenty

The Lancaster Crematorium: First in the USA By John W. W. Loose in the spring of 1884 a group of Lancastrians met at the Intelligencer newspaper office to discuss the feasibility of organizing an association for the reform of funerals. On 27 May 1884 the Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

Protectionism, Wages and Strikes in the Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County: 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose This article has been excerpted from the author's master's thesis completed in 1967 • The Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County, Pa.: 1840-1900. During much of the