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Iron Industry links

We're happy to present a collection of links to many other websites with information about Beckley Furnace, the historic iron industry in our area, and our area. 

--Pictures taken at Beckley Furnace on July 5 and July 25, 2003.  Included are some interior pictures of the former plant office, open to the public July 5 for the first time.

--A Chronology of Beckley Furnace and the historic iron industry, particularly in East Canaan.

--Historic topographic maps of the Beckley Furnace area.

--Between the Lakes Group's  Iron Industry page -- including information about the Barnum and Richardson Company, owners of Beckley Furnace in its heyday.

--The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's pages about the Beckley Furnace.  DEP's partnership with the FOBF is essential to continued preservation and development of Beckley Furnace and the surrounding area.

--Wikipedia's entry on iron furnaces, at www.ironfurnaces.com -- and links to useful material not only on Beckley Furnace and other furnaces in our area, but elsewhere as well.

Falls Village - Canaan Historical Society -- click to view the Historical Society page.

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area -- click to visit the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area website.

History pages at Trinity Church in Lime Rock -- the history page of the website of the Barnum and Richardson "company church" in Lime Rock.


Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

Site updated 01/09/2008

Beckley Iron Furnace, located on Lower Road in East Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, is Connecticut's designated Industrial Monument.

 

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