Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18HA148 Raceway
Feature Notes: One test unit was placed across the remnants of the former raceway for the furnace. Artifact count unknown, slag only.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household: Harford Furnace
Associated Features:
Report ID: HA1B
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Historic, Other
Feature Date: 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ~1830-1876
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18HA148
County: Harford
Site Name: Harford Furnace
Brief Description: 19th-century iron furnace complex
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Features also include a slag road and several unassociated post holes.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900
Site Ethnic Group: Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Domestic; Furnace/Forge; Industrial; Privy

REPORT DATA

Report ID: HA1B
Author: Parrington, Michael, and Stephanie Pinter
Date: 1985
Title: Phase II Preliminary Site Examination - Harford Furnace Archeological Site (18 HA 148) Md. Rt. 543 Bridge Replacement Over James Run.
Imprint: John Milner Associates, West Chester, PA.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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