![Saugus Iron Works was first successful foundry in America & made first silver coins in New England. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG01.JPG) | ![Blast furnace & forge buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works run by National Parks Service. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG02.JPG) | ![Bronze model of grounds of Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG03.JPG) | ![Forge & slitting mill buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG04.JPG) |
Saugus Iron Works was first successful foundry in America (1643) & made first silver coins in New England (1652). Boston, MA. | Blast furnace & forge buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works run by National Parks Service. Boston, MA. | Bronze model of grounds of Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Forge & slitting mill buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Forge & slitting mill buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG05.JPG) | ![Forge building replicated at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG07.JPG) | ![Blast furnace structure replicated at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG09.JPG) | ![Top of blast furnace structure where iron ore was dumped into furnace at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG10.JPG) |
Forge & slitting mill buildings reconstructed at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Forge building replicated at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blast furnace structure replicated at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Top of blast furnace structure where iron ore was dumped into furnace at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Blast furnace doors where pig iron flowed into molded sand at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG11.JPG) | ![Blast furnace crane for lifting pig iron at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG12.JPG) | ![Blast furnace bellows at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG13.JPG) | ![Blast furnace bellows drive shaft at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG14.JPG) |
Blast furnace doors where pig iron flowed into molded sand at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blast furnace crane for lifting pig iron at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blast furnace bellows at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blast furnace bellows drive shaft at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Blast furnace roof at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG16.JPG) | ![Forge bellows at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG17.JPG) | ![Stages through which iron pigs are forged into rods at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG19.JPG) | ![Saugus River which supplied power & tailings ramp at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG23.JPG) |
Blast furnace roof at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Forge bellows at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Stages through which iron pigs are forged into rods at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Saugus River which supplied power & tailings ramp at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Rolling & slitting mill at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG26.JPG) | ![Rolling & slitting mill for pressing flat & rod iron products at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG28.JPG) | ![Blacksmith shop building at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG34.JPG) | ![Blacksmith shop interior at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG35.JPG) |
Rolling & slitting mill at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Rolling & slitting mill for pressing flat & rod iron products at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blacksmith shop building at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blacksmith shop interior at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Blacksmith shop tools at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG37.JPG) | ![Museum buildings at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG41.JPG) | ![Old iron works house at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG43.JPG) | ![Colonial architecture of Old iron works house at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG44.JPG) |
Blacksmith shop tools at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Museum buildings at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Old iron works house (c1636) at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Colonial architecture of Old iron works house (c1636) at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Finial atop old iron works house at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG47.JPG) | ![Early historical sign marking Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG51.JPG) | ![Drawing of grounds of Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG52.JPG) | ![Puritan era iron casting found at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG53.JPG) |
Finial atop old iron works house at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Early historical sign (1898) marking Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Drawing of grounds of Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Puritan era iron casting found at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Early historical sign marking Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG54.JPG) | ![Display on why early American settlers needed iron at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG56.JPG) | ![Early American iron objects at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG57.JPG) | ![Replica wooden carved foundry mold for iron fireback used to protect bricks in fireplace hearth at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG59.JPG) |
Early historical sign (1930) marking Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Display on why early American settlers needed iron at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Early American iron objects at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Replica wooden carved foundry mold for iron fireback (1636) used to protect bricks in fireplace hearth at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
![Forge hammer excavated from Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG62.JPG) | ![Blast furnace model at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG63.JPG) | ![Archeologically excavated water wheel fragment & beams at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABSG64.JPG) |
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Forge hammer excavated from Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Blast furnace model at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. | Archeologically excavated water wheel fragment & beams (c1646-70) at Saugus Iron Works. Boston, MA. |
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