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The Clinton Furnace, also known as the Clinton Ironworks, is located along Clinton Road at the base of the Clinton Reservoir by the Clinton Brook in the township of West Milford in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
Oxford Furnace is a historic blast furnace on Washington Avenue, near the intersection with Belvidere Avenue, in Oxford, Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey.The furnace was built by Jonathan Robeson (c. 1695–1766) in 1741 and produced its first pig iron in 1743. [3]
Drainage pipe surrounded by original bricks Blast furnace base remains. The Boonton Iron Works were founded about 1770 by Samuel Ogden who, with others in his family, purchased a 6-acre (24,000 m 2) tract along the Rockaway River, near present-day Boonton, New Jersey.
In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program oversees the Superfund program. As of 16 August 2024, there are 115 Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Thirty-six additional sites have been cleaned up and deleted from the list.
The furnace went into blast on September 29, 1793, and the first casting was made there in the early hours of the following day. [3] Iron furnaces require supplies of iron ore, fuel, and flux. [4] In southern New Jersey, bog ore supplied the iron, [5] while the fuel was charcoal made from large tracts of timber. [6]
A house fire and explosion in New Jersey that killed two men and two young children earlier this month was caused by explosive materials found in the residence, authorities announced Tuesday. The ...
The blast was felt as far away as Princeton, New Jersey (50 miles or 80 kilometres). [3] It sent a geyser of water 250 feet (76 m) in the air. [ 4 ] The blast has been described as "the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb", [ 4 ] although the detonation at the Battle of Messines in 1917 was larger.
Five people are confirmed to have died following an explosion at a block of flats in the Jersey capital. States of Jersey Police gave an updated death toll on Sunday evening as specialist teams ...