Scott A. McLaughlin wrote:
>
> I am cataloguing cast iron pots recovered from Mount Independence, a
> Revolutionary War site on Lake Champlain.  I was wondering if anyone has
> information about their construction, manufacture, typologies, use, or
> anything useful regarding their analysis.
>
> Thanks for your time
>
 
Scott,
 
I am doing some research on the iron industry in Connecticut. In looking
through account books of local firms, we have seen references to cast
iron pots and kettles. I have no details to hand - pots were not our
first priority - but there may be information there which would be of
use to you.
 
There was also a considerable iron industry in the Adirondacks, although
I think more bloomeries than blast furnaces in the eighteenth century,
so not such a likely source for cast iron as Connecticut.
 
Fran