Is that an open offer? By the way, Googling slag, coke, and clinkers
brings up an interesting collections of webpages with definitions of
each and the types of furnaces that may produce them. Still, there's no
substitute for the knowledge of an old hand in the business - provided
there's any left. The steel industry in Kentucky started in the early
1800s and was largely gone by the end of the nineteenth century. I think
we've got one "mini-mill" left, up on the Ohio.

Daniel B. Davis
Archaeologist Coordinator
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Division of Environmental Analysis
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
(502) 564-7250
 

-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Meli
Diamanti
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Historic Occupations

If you find Thernstrom's book, the listing of occupations is in an
appendix at the back.  If you can't find the book, I could probably scan
and email or copy and snail-mail you the appendix listings.
Meli Diamanti

Kent Taylor wrote:

>Thanks Melissa.  Yes, I need to be able to place them into larger
economic categories and determine low and high-status occupations as you
suggest.  I'll track down the Thernstrom reference which sounds like it
might be very helpful.
>