Pine Barrens Ghost Towns

Ever think you might want to build your own iron furnace? Wonder what is involved? Lee Sauder of Lexington, Virginia wondered the same thing back in 1998, and wrote about it in “The Anvil’s Ring” the quarterly publication of the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America….click for more

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If you drive south on Double Trouble Road in South Toms River you’ll parallel the Garden State Parkway, at the end, at the intersection of County Road 618 you will be staring straight ahead at Double Trouble State Park.

Double Trouble got it’s start in the early 19th century as a sawmill. Just who started building […]

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Now that the series of iron making in the pines is complete, I wanted to share this BBC animation I found recently. It’s actually quite fun. You can build the furnace, and then click the start button and watch it add the iron ore, charcoal (coke) and the entire process.  Oh, here’s the Link :  BBC […]

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