Falling Creek - Bensley, VA
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bluesnote
N 37° 26.319 W 077° 26.332
18S E 284234 N 4146327
Right in the middle of Route 301 lies the sit of the first iron foundry in America.
Waymark Code: WMPA5Z
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2015
Views: 6
"1619 First iron foundary in America established on Falling Creek." Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, Oxford University Press, 1941 Today, the site has a pull off from the main road. A plaque was placed as well as a monument and a few picnic tables.
Book: Virginia
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 638
Year Originally Published: 1941
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