Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . 4 to 20 inches in diameter. A number of the cannon made at these workswere used in the war of 1812. Walkers forge was situated in Weymouth Township. Atlantic County, three milesfrom Mayslanding. This forge was not in existence in the time of the Revolution, but wasestablished many years afterwards (about 1816) by Lewis M. Walker, who came to NewJersey from Pennsylvania in 1811. At first he was superintendent for Joseph Ball at th
Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . 4 to 20 inches in diameter. A number of the cannon made at these workswere used in the war of 1812. Walkers forge was situated in Weymouth Township. Atlantic County, three milesfrom Mayslanding. This forge was not in existence in the time of the Revolution, but wasestablished many years afterwards (about 1816) by Lewis M. Walker, who came to NewJersey from Pennsylvania in 1811. At first he was superintendent for Joseph Ball at theBatsto iron works, and resigned to establish a plant of his own on South River, near Mays-landing. He built a saw mill and iron forge and became a successful business man. Other iron works, erected about the time of those at Batsto or Weymouth, werethe Etna works, on Tuckahoe River, the works at Mayslanding, Atlantic County, and those. Sla/7cart Sires and Sfurdy Sons. 89 at Martha. Washington and Gloucester, in Burlington County. All of tliese works weresuccessfully operated for many years, or until about 1850. The old forge at We> mouth was accidently destroyed by fire in 1862 and the foundrythree years later. In 1886 Stephen Colwell built a paper mill near the site of the old forgeand furnace, and he or liis successors manufactured considerable quantities of manila paperfor twenty-one years, or until 1887, when the mill was closed permanently. This mill wasbuilt of stone. A second mill was erected of wood in 1869, and this being burned in 1876, wasrebuilt of stone. <) d 4 Five miles from Batsto may be seen a heap of crumbling timbers andmasonry, marking the site of the old Washington Tavern, the mostfamous of those wayside inns so numerous throughout South Jersey in theold stage coaching days. The historic structure was originally a farm-house, but when built or by whom is now Deserted About the be
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