Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . 1777. In 1740 or 1741 William Bird built a forge on Hay creek,near its entrance into the Schuylkill, where Birdsboro now stands,in Berks county. Hopewell furnace, on French creek, in Uniontownship, Berks county, is said by tradition to have been built byWilliam Bird in 1759, but it may have been built by his son, MarkBird, about 1765. As early as 1760 William Bird built Rox-borough furnace, in Heidelberg township, Berks county, the nameof which furnace was subsequently changed to Berkshire. Berk-shire furnace manufactured shot and she
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . 1777. In 1740 or 1741 William Bird built a forge on Hay creek,near its entrance into the Schuylkill, where Birdsboro now stands,in Berks county. Hopewell furnace, on French creek, in Uniontownship, Berks county, is said by tradition to have been built byWilliam Bird in 1759, but it may have been built by his son, MarkBird, about 1765. As early as 1760 William Bird built Rox-borough furnace, in Heidelberg township, Berks county, the nameof which furnace was subsequently changed to Berkshire. Berk-shire furnace manufactured shot and shells for the Continentalarmy. As early as 1742 John Taylor built a forge on Chester creek,in Thornbury township, Delaware county, where (ilen Millsnow stand, which he called Sarum iron works. In 1746 he addeda rolling and slitting mill. These works are said to have beencarried on with energy by Mr. Taylor until his death in , writing about the time of Mr. Taylors death, says:Sarum belongs to Taylors heirs, has three stacks, and is in full 340. George Mifflin Dallas United States senator, 1831-1833; attorney-gen-eral of Pennsylvania, 1833-1835; minister toRussia, 1837-1839; vice-president of the UnitedStates. 1845-1849; minister to Great Britain,1856-1861 Natural Resources blast. Taylors rolling and slitting mill was the first in Pennsyl-vania. The works were in operation until after the Revolution. There was a forge on Crum creek, about two miles above thetown of Chester, in Delaware county, which was built by JohnCrosby and Peter Dicks about 1742. Peter Kalm, the Swede, inhis Travels into North America, written in 1748 and 1749,thus describes it: About two English miles behind Chester Ipassed by an iron forge, which was to the right hand by the roadside. It belonged to two brothers, as I was told. The ore, how-ever, is not dug here, but thirty or forty miles from hence, whereit is first melted in the oven and then carried to this place. Thebellows were made of leat
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