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Iron furnaces were busy in Monongalia County at early date. At Rock Forge, Samuel Hanway started work, 1798, and on Cheat River, Samuel Jackson built a furnace. The latter plant, under the Ellicotts, worked 1200 men.
WV Dept. of Culture and History
Walnut Street, near junction with US 119, Morgantown Monongalia County West Virginia
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