On Apr 6, 2004, at 11:02 PM, Rachael J Herzberg wrote:

> 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
>
It would be interesting to see if steam superseded water as the typical
power source for boring mills. Steam has less variability and
presumably more power. Tredegar used water and steam, Bellona appears
to have used water only, and S&P was adjacent to the JR&K Canal and was
presumably water powered.

Lyle Browning
>
>> 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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