BEST Geo-Art: S03/35
Charming Forge, Marion Township, Berks County, PA
Located on Tulpehocken Creek in Berks County, Charming Forge exemplified two steps in American iron production in the 1700s and early 1800s. First, it was a refinery forge that processed iron from charcoal furnaces, which were primary iron producers, and like other refinery forges made wrought iron that blacksmiths and others could shape into various products. Second, Charming Forge had a slitting mill that turned wrought iron into slits that could be made into nails.
Michael Miller and John George Nikoll, a hammersmith who worked with iron, built Charming Forge about 1749 on Tulpehocken Creek and called it Tulpehocken Eisenhammer. In 1763 Henry William Stiegel bought a half interest in the forge and renamed it Charming Forge after the charming natural beauty of the locale, and built a fairly large forge capable of producing 300 tons of iron annually. Sometime around 1780, George Ege, the next owner, added a slitting mill to the operation. Ege also used captured soldiers during the American Revolution to construct the rock channel that supplied water power to the slitting mill.
What type of soldiers captured during the American Revolution was used to construct the rock channels?
A. British (N 40° 29.426 W 075° 53.764)
B. French (N 40° 29.432 W 075° 53.767)
C. Hessian (N 40° 29.432 W 075° 53.756 )
D. Pennsylvania Dutch (N 40° 29.432 W 075° 53.767)
Note: A historical marker was placed on March April 30, 1947 at N 40 21.946, W 76 10.796 commemorating this spot.
Note: This cache has the hunting attribute selected. Hunters wear orange, and when the time is right, and so should you. During hunting season, it is best to do this series on a Sunday. The majority of the cache containers are hidden within 10 - 20 feet from the trail. Since these caches are hidden in the woods, you will encounter things like wildlife, poison ivy, bugs, ticks, etc. That is just part of geocaching in the great outdoors. Good Luck.
Please note that GC4GQMT - Cache Quest #10: The Final Quest and GC45V8Q - Cache Quest #9 A Questers Pilgrimage were archived to make room for this BEST Geo-Art geocache. Thanks Rentell.