Hopewell Furnace   This official National Park Service Handbook describes the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in Pennsylvania. Part 1 provides an overview of the 18th and 19th century iron making industry, while Part 2 recounts the history of Hopewell’s workers and iron making operation. Part 3 provides an authoritative guide to the main points of interest. Built in 1770, just five years before the Revolutionary War broke out, Hopewell Furnace was vital to the war effort, casting cannon and manufacturing ammunition and other equipment needed by the Continental army. Today, Hopewell Furnace and village recreate the early American industrial community, demonstrating the firing and casting processes.

Hopewell Furnace : A Guide to Hopewell Village NationalHistoric Site, Pennsylvania (Official National Park Handbook, 124)

History

LEWIS, W. DAVID

Lewis, Walter David

Hugins, Walter Edward

Americas

US Government Printing Office

<p>This book chronicles the history of All American Aviation of western Pennsylvania, a commercial airline pioneer. The brainchild of self-styled inventor Dr. Lytle S. Adams and Richard C. du Pont, the company began as an airmail delivery carrier, taking advantage of the Experimental Air Mail Act passed by Congress in 1938. The Airway to Everywhere relates the exciting early days of airmail deliveryâ€”hair-raising tales of courageous pilots who scooped mail bags tethered to wires strung between poles on makeshift airfields. The story of this airline is placed within the context a typical twentieth-century American business pattern-where technological innovation is followed by development and commercial application, followed by government subsidies and corporate takeovers. In that vein, All American Aviation would become Allegheny Airlines, and later, U.S. Air.</p>

The Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953

Trimble, William F.

Business & Money

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

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