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Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Saugus, MA

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Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

A preserved 17th-century ironworks on the Saugus River north of Boston, with rebuilt furnace and forge buildings.

244 Central St, Saugus, MA 01906 · Saugus, MA

About Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

This National Park Service site on the Saugus River preserves the story of early iron production in the English colonies. Visitors can see working waterwheels, forges, and mills, along with a historic 17th-century home and a green river basin across roughly twelve acres. The blast furnace turned bog ore into cast iron bars, and the forge then converted those bars into iron that a blacksmith could work. The reconstructed buildings date to the ironworks founded by John Winthrop the Younger, which operated from 1646 to about 1670.

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