Weymouth Furnace - NJ
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Weymouth Furnace is located in a pleasant little public park near Mays Landing in Atlantic County, NJ. It is open every day until dusk.
Waymark Code: WM15BP
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2007
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The site's history dates to the early 19th century. It provided weapons iron for the War of 1812 and reached its peak in the 1850s, when the site contained a furnace, forge, gristmill, Methodist church, sawmill, large owner's mansion, store, 20 workers' houses, a blacksmith shop, and a wheelwright.
Fueled by charcoal, by the 1860s, the forge had become obsolete as iron production moved to areas where hard coal was abundant.
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