The New Roxbury Ironworks Site is a historic industrial
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
in
Woodstock, Connecticut
Woodstock is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,221 at the 2020 census.
History
17th century
In the mid-17th century, John Eliot, a Puritan missionary to the Native Americans, established "praying town ...
. It is the site of a colonial-era iron foundry, established about 1760 in the vicinity of Black Pond. It was built to process iron ore that had been found by area settlers. The area was also later the site of grist and saw mills.
The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1996.
See also
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References
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Buildings and structures in Windham County, Connecticut
Ironworks and steel mills in the United States
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Connecticut
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