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Title: First Blast Furnace Year: 1867
Photo ID: 770b Dimensions: H 7" x L 5"
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Good
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Likely the oldest photo of the iron furnace. perhaps actually 1866. Copy of 770a; see also 770c. The late Portland photo curator Terry Toedtemeier believed this was most likely taken by Portland photographer Truman L. Hack
Notes on back: 3-07
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Oxen; workers; yokes; construction; stone walls; barrels; Oregon Iron Company; ladders; boards; lumber; men
Subjects: People; Iron Industry