The Washington Iron Works of Franklin County, Virginia 1773-1850 by Salmon, John S - 1986

Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1986. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7". ix, 82pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book traces the history of the Washington Iron Works, in Franklin County, a small charcoal furnace typical in size and operation. The second Virginia works erected south of the James River and the first major industry of Franklin County, the Washington Iron Works differed from other antebellum Virginia ironworks in two ways: its continued vitality (in a period when iron-manufacturing companies rose and fell with alarming regularity) and the unusual talents and personalities of the men associated with it. The owner's of the ironworks and their extended families were among the most influential inhabitants of the county in the antebellum period, and their role in the county's history is remembered there even today.(Publisher).

Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1986. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Work consists of 82 pages, with some black and white illustration, plus an index. Contents consist of a preface, a glossary, seven chapters and notes, plus a comprehensive index. The work was taken out of its original shrink wrap to write this description. Volume itself has brown cloth covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine. A very nice, brand new copy, never used nor read; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!