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Wilbur Stout/Blast Furnaces Collection
Description: Portrait of Colonel George N. Gray who was the manager of Vesuvius Furnace in Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. The furnace was built in 1833 and produced ten tons of iron per day. 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 Earl Stewart of Ironton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01701
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)