Jefferson Furnace Employees Hauling Charcoal   Save
Wilbur Stout/Blast Furnaces Collection
Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting Jefferson Furnace employees and a team of oxen hauling about 100 bushels of charcoal. They are identified as William Howell, Eben Davis and Willard Crabtree. Jefferson Furnace was built in 1854. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from Mrs. Jennie Davis of Oak Hill, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00815
Subjects: Iron and steel workers--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Jackson County (Ohio)