Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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ry of Mahoning county, Mr. David Loveland gives a sketch ofthe beginning of the manufacture of iron in the Mahoning valley, an industrywhich has created a city almost continuous for a score of miles along the stream. It was commenced by two brothers, James and Daniel Heaton, men of enter-prising and experimenting disposition. In 1805 or 1806 they erected a furnaceon Yellow Creek, near Mahoning river, about five miles southeast of Youngs-town, which soon went into active operation. Connected with and belonging tothe furnace proper were about one hundred acres of well-timbered land whichsupplied the charcoal and much of the ore for the works. It was called theHeaton furnace. The blast was produced by an apparatus of peculiar construc-tion and was similar in principle to that produced by the column of water ofthe early furnaces. After this furnace had been in operation for some time, James Heaton trans-ferred his interest to his brother Daniel, and built the second furnace in this valley
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Brier Hill Furnace.

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