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Wilbur Stout/Blast Furnaces Collection
Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the first Hecla Furnace including the cast house, stack bridge loft, stock shed, charcoal shed, roads and shops. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from Fred G. Leete of Ironton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00804
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)