Mt. Everett 8th Grade Annual Visit - 2007
Each year, the 8th grade at Mt. Everett visits Beckley Furnace. We always enjoy welcoming the Mt. Everett kids and giving them the opportunity to learn a little bit about Beckley Furnace and the iron industry.
In 2007, they visited on two consecutive days. Their itinerary each day took them to the Crane Paper Company plant in Dalton before they visited us, so they saw quite a bit of industrial history and archaeology in a short time.
Here are pictures from both groups that visited us, with the photos of Tuesday's group first, followed by Wednesday's group.
 Ed Kirby provides the historical, geological, and geographical background |
 Dick Paddock tells about the discovery of the "new" turbine |
 Listening to a narrative of water power |
 An overview of the whole works |
 Charcoal making 101 |
 Examining the raw materials |
 Watching the charcoal-making demonstration |
 The audience for Ed Kirby's talk |
 Passing the pictures around |
 How the water power really worked |
 Discussing the raw materials |
 Watching pyrolitic decomposition |
 More pyrolitic decomposition |
 The raw materials discussion for this group |
 At the slag pile |
 Heading home |
Great kids! We really enjoyed working with them.
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