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was only confirmed in 1999 when Archaeo-Physics, LLC (working with Browning and Associates) did a comprehensive geophysical survey. A large magnetic anomaly consistent with the fired hearth of a blast furnace was located. In addition a number of other features were identified (probably buildings
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newspaper on January 20, 2007, the heavy rains in the late summer of 2006 apparently eroded the creek bank and uncovered timbers of the furnace which were part of the structure. Early in 2007, a Chesterfield County Department of Utilities employee, who is also an amateur
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was spared only due to a timely warning. The massacre resulted in the death of about a third of the colonists. Two women and three children were among the 27 killed at Falling Creek Ironworks, leaving only two colonists alive, and the facilities were destroyed. Sir
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Records which have survived indicate that the ironworks was able to produce some quantity of iron. However, from the extant records, it cannot be determined whether the ironworks had begun full production before operations were interrupted by the
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Thomas Bacock (Thomas Picot), Mary Fitch, John Fleet (Jean van Fleet), and John Mission (Jean Monceaux/Muscheon), Sara Spittlewood, Richard Colins, Thomas Lewis, John Gerford (Gifford) and William Benton, Robert Caldwell.
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on May 14, 1607. The young colony struggled for years to develop self-sufficiency and successful exports. During the first five years, most of the colonists died from disease, starvation, and attacks by the
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production facility. Although the outpost was one of the most remote from Jamestown, beginning in 1619, the Falling Creek Ironworks was established there. It was the first iron production facility in
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On July 21, 1646 George Ludlowe Esqr received 1,452 acres (5.88 km) in York Co, that was adjacent to the Falling Creek Mill lands which was in part granted to Martin Baker (Martin Fouquet) as
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Charles E. Hatch Jr., and Thurlow Gates Gregory, "The First American Blast Furnace, 1619–1622," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (July 1962): 259–97.
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deposits needed to make iron, but was still adjacent to the navigable portion of the James River through the Tidewater Region. A local tributary,
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to pay transportation costs for 2 persons (Jean du Fer and his brother Francois, two surviving children of the 1622 massacre)
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John S. Salmon, "Ironworks on the Frontier: Virginia's Iron Industry, 1607–1783," Virginia Cavalcade (Spring 1986): 184–91.
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Village News article: Uncovered:The Falling Creek Ironworks location and age is confirmed after the creek bank is eroded
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The exact site of the Falling Creek Ironworks was unknown until relatively recently. According to an article in the
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Geophysical survey of Falling Creek Ironworks:An Early 17th century industrial site, Chesterfield County, Virginia
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Geophysical survey of Falling Creek Ironworks:An Early 17th century industrial site, Chesterfield County, Virginia
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conducted a series of coordinated surprise attacks on almost all the English settlements along the James River.
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deposits, water power, and access to navigable waters for shipping which were needed for their desired
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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of the Tidewater Region to the more hilly and rocky Piedmont Region along the north-south
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Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants,1623-1666, Vol. I"
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and other outposts from Jamestown spread downstream and up the James River toward the
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The long-lost site was rediscovered in the early 21st century. It is now located in
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with the James River, the colonists identified the site with the combination of
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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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The location of the ironworks has long been suspected. A number of limited
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National Register of Historic Places in Chesterfield County, Virginia
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production facility in North America. It was established by the
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American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places
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established the first permanent English settlement in the
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Falling Creek Ironworks, Chesterfield County, Virginia
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Falling Creek Ironworks is located in the United States
Richmond, Virginia
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