Lyle,
    Thank you for the information. I requested the book, and hopefully it
will appear soon.
To everyone else,
     I'm already getting heckled for doing the "boring" thesis!
Rachael


> On Apr 6, 2004, at 5:38 PM, Rachael J Herzberg wrote:
>
>> . Does anyone know of
>> any excavations of boring mills or other boring mills in the United
>> States? Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Per your question of knowing of other boring mills (unexcavated) in the
> US, a 1977 book by Daniel, Larry J. & Riley W. Gunter called
> Confederate Cannon Foundries lists the CSA production facilities. In
> the Richmond, VA area are the Tredegar Iron Works, and Bellona Foundry.
> Bellona in particular had a contract with the USA to produce cannon
> well before the Civil War. Both Tredegar and Bellona have had limited
> excavations, but not on the boring mill parts of the complexes. Samson
> & Pae did contract work boring cannon for Tredegar and possibly
> Bellona.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Lyle Browning
>


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