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Iron Ore Smelting Furnace. Late 1800s. (3)
Closeup of large stone iron smelting furnace, built in the late 1800's
Iron Ore Smelting Furnace. Late 1800s. (2)
Closeup of large stone iron smelting furnace, built in the late 1800's
Iron Ore Smelting Furnace. Late 1800s. (1)
Large stone Iron smelting furnace surronded by rubble, built in the late 1800's
Oral History with Rice Dobbins, March 2, 1991
Rice Dobbins grew up in Riner, Virginia in an area called Piney Wood. Dobbins primarily worked as a farmer in the Montgomery County area, specifically on Heth Farm (present day Heathwood Apartments). He moved to Blacksburg in the late 1930s, where he…
Account Book, Brown Hill Store, 1881-1883, Lobdell Car Wheel Co. (Ms1940-019)
The Lobdell Car Wheel Company had its beginnings in 1830, when Jonathon Bonney and Charles Bush established a small foundry in Wilmington, Delaware. By 1867, the year it was incorporated as the Lobdell Car Wheel Company, the business had added…