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West Point Foundry Archaeology Project


URL: http://www.westpointfoundry.org
Organization: , Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University
Region: North America
Comments: The West Point Foundry (1818-1912) began operating as a munitions contractor making cannon and shot. The foundry grew to employ hundreds of workers manufacturing a wide array of weaponry and ordinance, steam engines, water wheels, iron clad sailing ships, architectural elements, domestic stoves and ovens, and innumerable other cast iron objects. The foundry's prominent owners were among the first industrialists to employ "vertically integrated" production, where they controlled every aspect of manufacture from extracting raw ore to marketing their finished products.

Culture(s):
   European
   European American
   

 Topic(s):
   Battlefield
   Commerce
   Domestic
   Industrial
   Logging
   Mining
   Urban
   Work Camp
   

 Era(s):
   19th Century
   20th Century